01936nas a2200265   4500008004100000022001400041245013300055210006900188260000800257300001200265490000700277520102200284653002801306653002001334653001901354653001101373653002801384653001901412100002101431700002301452700002101475700001901496700003001515856012501545       2021                        eng d  a2194-428800aElectronically integrated mesoporous Ag-TiO2 nanocomposite thin films for efficient solar hydrogen production in direct sunlight0 aElectronically integrated mesoporous AgTiO2 nanocomposite thin f  cAUG  a21003560 v103 a<p>
	The synthesis of mesoporous TiO2 by a solution-based assembly process and Ag/TiO2 nanocomposites is provided. The efficacy of Ag/TiO2 nanocomposite as photocatalyst in thin-film form is demonstrated for solar hydrogen generation in sunlight. Integration of Ag with TiO2 dramatically enhanced the H-2 production: with 1 wt% Ag on TiO2 (TiAg-1), the H-2 yield was observed to be 4.59 mmol h(-1) g(-1), which is 2.3 (30) times larger than 0.5 wt% Ag on TiO2. TiAg-1 shows 4.3 times higher activity in film form compared with its powder counterpart. High photocatalytic efficiency is attributed to the surface plasmon resonance effect of Ag, electronic integration of Ag with TiO2, and subsequent valence band broadening, large distribution of Ag nanoparticles and abundant Ag-TiO2 Schottky junctions, and the later minimizes electron-hole recombination. Interparticle mesoporous network increases necking and the high surface area offers easy accessibility of the reactants to a large number of active sites.</p>
10aheterogeneous catalysis10aheterojunctions10aplasmon effect10aSilver10asolar energy conversion10aSolar hydrogen1 aMani, Sunesh, S.1 aRajendran, Sivaraj1 aNalajala, Naresh1 aMathew, Thomas1 aGopinath, Chinnakonda, S.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/electronically-integrated-mesoporous-ag-tio2-nanocomposite-thin-films-efficient-solar02551nas a2200253   4500008004100000022001400041245017900055210006900234260000800303300001100311490000800322520161300330653001801943653001301961653001901974653002201993653002802015100002102043700002902064700001502093700002802108700003002136856013102166       2024                        eng d  a0021-951700aOxidative and selective C-C cleavage of glycerol to glycolaldehyde with atom-like Cu on Cu-TiO2: photocatalytic water reduction with concurrent glycerol oxidation in sunlight0 aOxidative and selective CC cleavage of glycerol to glycolaldehyd  cSEP  a1156440 v4373 a<p>
	Concurrent consumption of electrons and holes for the conversion of a biomass component to value added products represents a highly efficient and sustainable approach towards utilizing renewable energy, but difficult to achieve. The integration of hydrogen production with glycerol oxidation presents a novel and sustainable approach towards achieving a circular economy. In the current study, integration of atom-like Cu-clusters onto TiO2 substrate has been achieved using a facile photo-deposition technique (TC-PDO). Also, novel synthetic approaches have been employed to augment the surface coverage of Cu on TiO2 with atom-like clusters of Cu, either by borohydride treatment on TiO2 followed by Cu-deposition (TC-200) or oxygen-vacancy creation by UV illumination followed by Cu-deposition (TC-PDO). Increased dispersion and enhanced electronic integration of Cu with TiO2 lead to a corresponding increase in the efficiency of photocatalytic hydrogen evolution (13.8 mmol/h.g for TC-PDO at pH 9). Several atom-like Cu integrated with each TiO2 particle acts as photocatalytic reactor, and the same enhances electron-hole separation as well as activity. Sustainable aspect was also studied for TC-PDO up to 25 h at pH 9. Concurrently, glycerol oxidation displays the highest selectivity to C2 product (glycolaldehyde with 70 %) with a C-C cleavage. The investigation of this process holds significant potential for the extensive and simultaneous exploitation of electrons and holes in order to achieve water splitting and glycerol oxidation towards selective value-added products formation.</p>
10aC -C Cleavage10aGlycerol10ananotechnology10aPhoto -deposition10asolar energy conversion1 aBajpai, Himanshu1 aNivedhitha, Thazhath, R.1 aDais, Elsa1 aKanungo, Subhashree, S.1 aGopinath, Chinnakonda, S.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/oxidative-and-selective-c-c-cleavage-glycerol-glycolaldehyde-atom-cu-cu-tio2-photocatalytic