Wahab, A.K.; Mudiyanselage, K.; Idriss, H. Plasmonic-Assisted Water–Gas Shift Reaction of Gold Particles on TiO2. Catalysts2023, 13, 1444.
Wahab, A.K.; Mudiyanselage, K.; Idriss, H. Plasmonic-Assisted Water–Gas Shift Reaction of Gold Particles on TiO2. Catalysts 2023, 13, 1444.
Wahab, A.K.; Mudiyanselage, K.; Idriss, H. Plasmonic-Assisted Water–Gas Shift Reaction of Gold Particles on TiO2. Catalysts2023, 13, 1444.
Wahab, A.K.; Mudiyanselage, K.; Idriss, H. Plasmonic-Assisted Water–Gas Shift Reaction of Gold Particles on TiO2. Catalysts 2023, 13, 1444.
Abstract
The effect of Localized Surface Plasmon (LSP) of 5 nm mean size Au particles deposited on TiO2 P25 was investigated during the photo-thermal water gas shift reaction (WGSR). The effects of CO concentration, excitation light flux and energy, and molecular oxygen addition during the reaction were investigated. The photocatalytic WGSR rate under light excitation with wavelengths extending from 320 to 1100 nm was found to be higher than the thermal reaction alone at the same temperature (85 oC). A ratio H2/CO2 of near unity was found at high concentrations of CO. Addition of molecular oxygen during the reaction resulted in a slight decrease of molecular hydrogen production while the rates of CO2 formation and that of CO consumption changed by one order of magnitude. More important, it was found that the WGSR rates were still high under only visible light excitation (600 - 700 nm). The results prove that Au LSP alone triggers this chemical reaction without the need to excite the semiconductor on which they are deposited.
Keywords
Au/TiO2 P25; Localized Surface Plasmon (LSP); photo-thermal water gas shift reaction (WGSR); hydrogen production; preferential oxidation reaction (PROX)
Subject
Chemistry and Materials Science, Physical Chemistry
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