Hydrogen production from aqueous glycerol using titanate nanotubes decorated with Au nanoparticles as photocatalysts

AUTOR(ES)

MARQUES, THALLES M.F.

FONTE

An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

28/11/2019

RESUMO

Abstract: Protonated titanate nanotubes (HTiNts) were synthesized using the hydrothermal method, followed by proton exchange with acid. Gold nanoparticles decorated titanate nanotubes (AuHTiNts) were obtained by the reduction of AuCl4- under vigorous stirring with an aqueous solution of HTiNts containing 1 wt% of ascorbic acid. To investigate the surface structural chemistry of the titanate and AuHTiNts, the following characterization methods were used: scanning and transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy. The mean internal and external diameters for titanate nanotubes were found to be 5.46 ± 0.08 nm and 8.42 ± 0.03 nm, respectively, whereas the mean diameter of gold nanoparticles was measured to be 9.68 nm ± 0.03 nm. The as-synthesized AuHTiNts was used as photocatalyst in hydrogen production from glycerol as a sacrificial agent. The enhancement in the production of hydrogen, using the heterogeneous AuHTiNts catalysts, can be attributed to the intrinsic catalytic potential of gold as well as its interactions with titanate nanostructure.

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