Improved Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution on Tantalate Perovskites CsTaO3 and LiTaO3 by Strain-Induced Vacancies

Kaveh Edalati, Keisuke Fujiwara, Shuhei Takechi, Qing Wang, Makoto Arita, Motonori Watanabe, Xavier Sauvage, Tatsumi Ishihara, Zenji Horita

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術誌査読

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Tantalate perovskites are potential candidates for photocatalytic hydrogen production without cocatalyst addition; however, these oxides have large bandgaps, which result in their low photocatalytic activity. In this study, to enhance the photocatalytic activity, CsTaO3 as a potential photocatalyst and LiTaO3 as a well-known photocatalyst are subjected to severe plastic strain using the high-pressure torsion (HPT) method. Both superstrained tantalates exhibit optical bandgap narrowing and ∼2.5 times enhancement of photocatalytic hydrogen production. Such bandgap narrowing is mainly due to the formation of oxygen vacancies, although nanocrystal formation and partial amorphization also occur by straining. These findings not only introduce CsTaO3 as a photocatalyst but also confirm the significance of strain-induced vacancies on the photocatalytic activity of perovskites.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)1710-1718
ページ数9
ジャーナルACS Applied Energy Materials
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DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 2月 24 2020

!!!All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 化学工学(その他)
  • エネルギー工学および電力技術
  • 電気化学
  • 材料化学
  • 電子工学および電気工学

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