<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mani, Sunesh S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rajendran, Sivaraj</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nalajala, Naresh</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mathew, Thomas</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gopinath, Chinnakonda S.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Electronically integrated mesoporous Ag-TiO2 nanocomposite thin films for efficient solar hydrogen production in direct sunlight</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Energy Technology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">heterogeneous catalysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">heterojunctions</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">plasmon effect</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Silver</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">solar energy conversion</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Solar hydrogen</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">AUG</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2100356</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;
	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.&lt;/p&gt;
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	4.149&lt;/p&gt;
</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rajendran, Sivaraj</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mani, Sunesh S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nivedhitha, Thazhath R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Asoka, Anantha Krishnan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arun, Pushkaran S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mathew, Thomas</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gopinath, Chinnakonda S.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Facile one-pot synthesis of Cu x O/TiO2 photocatalysts by regulating Cu oxidation state for efficient solar H2 production</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ACS Applied Energy Materials </style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">heterojunction</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Photocatalysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Solar hydrogen</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">thin film</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">titania</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2023</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DEC </style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">7</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">104-116</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;
	Development of highly efficient CuxO/TiO2 photocatalysts by regulating the oxidation state of Cu exclusively in either single or mixed oxidation state(s) is desirable but difficult to achieve without employing any external reagents. The present work describes a one-pot synthesis strategy to obtain CuxO/TiO2 photocatalysts with Cu in +1 and/or +2 by using a suitable combination of ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid (EDTA) and ethylene diamine, carefully varying the Cu content, and heat treatment process. CuxO/TiO2 nanocomposite catalysts were characterized thoroughly by physicochemical methods. Textural analysis indicates a high dispersion of CuxO on porous TiO2 with p-n heterojunctions between them in CuxO/TiO2 catalysts. UV-visible spectral analysis suggests the presence of CuxO on TiO2 with significantly extended absorption from the UV to the visible region. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis indicates a strong synergetic interaction between TiO2 and CuxO due to the comparable CB potential and p-n heterojunction at the interface among them. Photoelectrochemical studies demonstrate excellent charge-carrier separation efficiency, low charge-transfer resistance, and high double-layer capacitance with Cu2O/TiO2 photocatalysts. Photocatalytic efficacy of a CuxO/TiO2 nanocomposite in thin-film form has been demonstrated for solar hydrogen generation in sunlight. The incorporation of Cu+ in TiO2 largely improves the H-2 production, and all of the CuxO/TiO2 nanocomposites in thin-film form exhibited higher efficiency compared to their particulate/suspension counterpart. Among the composite catalysts, TiCu-1 in thin-film form, with Cu exclusively in +1 oxidation state, exhibited a high hydrogen production rate of 7.06 mmol/hg, which is 6 times higher than its suspension counterpart; also catalysts containing mixed Cu-oxidation states exhibited about 60-70% activity as that of TiCu-1. The superior performance of Cu2O/TiO2 nanocomposites in thin-film form was due to their enhanced light harvesting ability, high mass transfer rate, and easy accessibility of the reactant species to the active sites.&lt;/p&gt;
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	6.4&lt;/p&gt;
</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mani, Sunesh S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rajendran, Sivaraj</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arun, Pushkaran S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vijaykumar, Aparna</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mathew, Thomas</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gopinath, Chinnakonda S.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bimetallic and plasmonic Ag and Cu integrated TiO2 thin films for enhanced solar hydrogen production in direct sunlight</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Energy Advances</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2024</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">APR</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">829-840</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;div class=&quot;abstract author&quot; id=&quot;aep-abstract-id7&quot; style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, STIXGeneral, &amp;quot;Cambria Math&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Symbol&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Arial Unicode MS&amp;quot;, serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;
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			Plasmonic metal nanoparticle-integrated mesoporous TiO&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;nanocomposites (Ag/TiO&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;, Cu/TiO&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and Ag–Cu/TiO&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;), prepared by a simple chemical reduction method, have been demonstrated to show superior activity in thin-film form for solar H&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;generation in sunlight. Integration of Ag + Cu on TiO&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;significantly enhances the solar H&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;production due to the combined SPR effect of both metal species and the possible synergistic interaction among Cu + Ag in Ag–Cu/TiO&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;. TiAgCu-1 (0.75 wt% Ag and 0.25 wt% Cu on TiO&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;) showed the highest H&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;yield of 6.67 mmol h&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;&quot;&gt;−1&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;g&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;&quot;&gt;−1&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and it is 43 times higher than that of bare TiO&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;. The thin-film form of TiAgCu-1 shows 5 times higher solar H&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;production than its powder counterpart. 1 wt% of Ag or Cu on TiO&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;shows a H&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;yield of 4.6 or 2 mmol h&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;&quot;&gt;−1&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;g&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;&quot;&gt;−1&lt;/span&gt;, respectively, which underscores the importance of combined or synergistic effects. The increase in solar H&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;generation in Ag–Cu/TiO&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;is attributed to factors such as the SPR effect of Cu and Ag, and strong interaction between Ag and Cu. The high photocatalytic efficiency of the TiAgCu-1 thin film is attributed to the large dispersion of metallic species with relatively high Ag/Cu surface atomic ratio, enhanced light absorption, a heterogeneous distribution of Ag and Cu species, and high double layer capacitance. The inter particle mesoporous network increases the interfacial charge transfer and reduces the mass transfer limitations. The plausible photocatalytic reaction mechanism could involve the combination of direct electron transfer from metal (Cu/Ag) to TiO&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;as well as the significant field effect due to the Ag–Cu alloy, which is expected to increase the electron excitation locally.&lt;/div&gt;
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			Plasmonic metal nanoparticle integrated mesoporous TiO&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;nanocomposites (Ag/TiO&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;, Cu/TiO&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and Ag–Cu/TiO&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;), prepared by a simple chemical reduction method, have been demonstrated to show superior activity in thin-film form for solar H&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;generation.&lt;/div&gt;
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	Foreign&lt;/p&gt;
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	3.2&lt;/p&gt;
</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mani, Sunesh S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rajendran, Sivaraj</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mathew, Thomas</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gopinath, Chinnakonda</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Review on the recent advances in the design and structure–activity relationship of TiO2-based photocatalysts for solar hydrogen production</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Energy Advances</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2024</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JUN</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;
	&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(19, 19, 20); font-family: &amp;quot;Inter Var&amp;quot;, Inter, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;The major issues that determine the efficiency of photocatalyst composite materials for solar hydrogen production, with or without a sacrificial agent, are efficient visible light harvesting properties, efficient separation of charge carriers and their utilization of redox sites, and stability. Thus, significant efforts have been devoted in the past few decades to modify the above characteristics by integrating constituent components of composites using different approaches. In the present review, we aim to summarize the recent advances, predominantly, in the area of TiO2-based photocatalyst composites for solar hydrogen production. Firstly, we present the recent progress in material integration aspects by discussing the integration of TiO2 with different categories of materials, including noble/3d metals, metal oxides/sulphides/selenides, other low bandgap semiconductors, C-based materials, and dye sensitizers. Furthermore, we discuss how material integration helps in tailoring the electronic and optical properties for activity tuning in solar H2 production. Subsequently, critical changes in the physico-chemical and electronic properties of composites with respect to their preparation methods, morphology, crystallographic facets, particle size, dopant, calcination temperature, and structure–activity relationship to solar hydrogen production are addressed in detail. Moreover, we discuss the importance of fabricating a photocatalyst in a thin film form and performing solar hydrogen production in different reactor set-ups for enhancing its photocatalytic performance, while addressing device scalability. Despite the significant advancements made in this field, solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency still needs to be improved to realise the practical application of solar hydrogen production. In this case, the direct conversion of water to hydrogen via overall water splitting and renewable H2 production from wastewater or biomass components by employing suitable photocatalysts are some possible ways to improve the energy efficiency, and continuous research in the above directions is highly desirable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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	3.2&lt;/p&gt;
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	Photocatalytic water splitting is considered one of the efficient methods for producing green hydrogen. However, the sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER) kinetics with four electrons limits the overall efficiency of water splitting. Biomass components/biomass derivatives are renewable carbon feedstocks that are abundantly available in nature. It is prudent to make use of electrons and holes concurrently in photocatalysis for H2 production and oxidation of biomass components, respectively, due to the latter's occurrence at a lower potential (&amp;lt;= 1 V) than that of the OER (&amp;gt;1.23 V), to value-added products (VAPs); this approach makes the entire process energy-efficient and kinetically superior. This potential approach could effectively utilize the charge carriers and abundant renewable resources of water and biomass simultaneously, meeting the sustainability, energy conversion and economic goals together. Parallel utilization of the charge carriers for redox reactions also enhances the sustainability of the catalyst system employed. Interestingly, biomass component oxidation to VAPs occurs in several steps, which not only enhances hole utilization but also provides an opportunity to design better catalysts to enhance the selectivity of the target products. Carrying out such reactions under aerobic or anaerobic conditions and different pH conditions allows fine-tuning of the product selectivity. The current review provides a detailed overview of the recent developments in this emerging area with three different types of photocatalyst systems, namely, oxide-, chalcogenide-, and carbon-based materials. Among these, the oxide-based systems generally demonstrate the highest activity with sustainability, maintaining performance for several hours. While many of these systems exhibited high selectivity towards a single product, 100% selectivity to lactic acid from glycerol was observed with a BiVO4-integrated TiO2 catalyst. Finally, the challenges, opportunities and future perspectives in this thriving field are listed, and they underscore the role of a carbon-neutral economy towards achieving a potentially sustainable future.&lt;/p&gt;
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	4.2&lt;/p&gt;
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	&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;Photocatalytic water splitting is considered one of the efficient methods for producing green hydrogen. However, the sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER) kinetics with four electrons limits the overall efficiency of water splitting. Biomass components/biomass derivatives are renewable carbon feedstocks that are abundantly available in nature. It is prudent to make use of electrons and holes concurrently in photocatalysis for H&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;production and oxidation of biomass components, respectively, due to the latter's occurrence at a lower potential (≤1 V) than that of the OER (&amp;gt;1.23 V), to value-added products (VAPs); this approach makes the entire process energy-efficient and kinetically superior. This potential approach could effectively utilize the charge carriers and abundant renewable resources of water and biomass simultaneously, meeting the sustainability, energy conversion and economic goals together. Parallel utilization of the charge carriers for redox reactions also enhances the sustainability of the catalyst system employed. Interestingly, biomass component oxidation to VAPs occurs in several steps, which not only enhances hole utilization but also provides an opportunity to design better catalysts to enhance the selectivity of the target products. Carrying out such reactions under aerobic or anaerobic conditions and different pH conditions allows fine-tuning of the product selectivity. The current review provides a detailed overview of the recent developments in this emerging area with three different types of photocatalyst systems, namely, oxide-, chalcogenide-, and carbon-based materials. Among these, the oxide-based systems generally demonstrate the highest activity with sustainability, maintaining performance for several hours. While many of these systems exhibited high selectivity towards a single product, 100% selectivity to lactic acid from glycerol was observed with a BiVO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;-integrated TiO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;catalyst. Finally, the challenges, opportunities and future perspectives in this thriving field are listed, and they underscore the role of a carbon-neutral economy towards achieving a potentially sustainable future.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">86</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;
	Foreign&lt;/p&gt;
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	4.2&lt;/p&gt;
</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mani, Sunesh S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rajendran, Sivaraj</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Saju, Simi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Babu, Bindhya M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mathew, Thomas</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gopinath, Chinnakonda S.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mesoporous Fe2O3-TiO2 integrated with plasmonic Ag nanoparticles for enhanced solar H2 production</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chemistry-An Asian Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">energy conversion</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">green hydrogen</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Photocatalysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Solar harvesting</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">water splitting</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAY</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">20</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;
	Present work describes a sol-gel assisted one-pot synthesis of mesoporous Fe2O3-TiO2 nanocomposites (TiFe) with different Ti : Fe ratios, and fabrication of Ag-integrated with TiFe nanocomposites (TiFeAg) by a chemical reduction method and demonstrated for high solar H2 generation activity in direct sunlight. Enhanced solar H2 production is attributed to the light absorption from entire UV+Visible region of solar spectrum combined with Schottky (Ag-semiconductor) and heterojunctions (TiO2-Fe2O3), as evidenced from HRTEM and various characterization studies. TiFeAg-2 thin film (1 wt % Ag-loaded TiFe-4) displayed the highest activity with a solar H2 yield of 7.64 mmol h-1g-1, which is 48 times higher than that of bare TiO2 and 5 times higher in thin film form compared to its powder counterpart. Schottky and heterojunctions formed at the interface efficiently separate the charge carriers and increase the hydrogen production activity. The highest H2 production activity of TiFeAg-2 is partly attributed to the heterogeneous distribution of Fe3+ and metallic Ag-species with relatively high Ag/Ti surface atomic ratio. A plausible photocatalytic reaction mechanism on TiFeAg nanocomposite may involve the direct electron transfer from both Fe2O3 and TiO2 to Ag nanoparticles which are subsequently utilized for the reduction of H+ to H2.&lt;/p&gt;
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	Foreign&lt;/p&gt;
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	3.3&lt;/p&gt;
</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rajendran, Sivaraj</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Saju, Simi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mani, Sunesh S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Asoka, Anantha Krishnan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Saha, Arindam</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arun, Pushkaran S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ghosh, Biplab</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mathew, Thomas</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gopinath, Chinnakonda S.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Multifunctional NiO/Ti3+-TiO2 for concurrent water reduction and glycerol oxidation to value added products by sunlight driven photocatalysis</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Materials Chemistry A</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JAN</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2105-2120</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;
	The present work describes the synthesis of bifunctional-mesoporous-self-doped Ti3+ containing NiO/TiO2 photocatalysts for concurrent utilization of e- and h+ to produce H2 and value-added products (VAPs), respectively, from aqueous glycerol. UV-vis diffuse reflectance results and band gap analysis revealed an improved light absorption due to integration of Ni2+ with Ti3+/TiO2. Various electrochemical, PL and TRPL spectral analyses demonstrate p-n heterojunction formation between NiO and Ti3+-TiO2, which enhances charge separation and helps in achieving improved activity. HRTEM analysis of NiO/Ti3+-TiO2 nanocomposites revealed that NiO is highly dispersed on TiO2 with interfacial heterojunctions between them. XPS results demonstrate the partial reduction of Ti4+ to Ti3+ and Ni-Ti synergetic interaction in NiO/TiO2 to form NiO/Ti3+-TiO2 nanocomposites. EXAFS studies show that the Ni-O bond distance is similar to that of NiTiO3 suggesting electronic integration of components of the photocatalyst by forming a Ni2+-O-Ti3+/Ti4+ lattice network. Ni2+/Ti3+-TiO2 nanocomposites as a bifunctional photocatalyst exhibited significantly enhanced activity in H2 production and conversion of glycerol to VAPs, namely, glycolaldehyde, 1,3-dihydroxyacetone, and formic acid; formation of these products highlights not only oxidation, but also C-C cleavage of glycerol. The NiO/Ti3+-TiO2 photocatalysts fabricated in thin film form displayed higher photocatalytic efficiency than their powder counterpart. Among NiO/Ti3+-TiO2 nanocomposites NiT-3 exhibits the highest H2 yield at 15.62 mmol h-1 g-1, which is 38 times higher than that of bare TiO2. The enhanced photocatalytic activity is ascribed to the high charge carrier density, the synergistic interaction between Ni2+ and Ti3+-TiO2, formation of a p-n heterojunction at the interface between NiO and Ti3+-TiO2 and effective utilization of charge carriers for redox reactions.&lt;/p&gt;
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	Foreign&lt;/p&gt;
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</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rajendran, Sivaraj</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Saju, Simi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mani, Sunesh S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Asoka, Anantha Krishnan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Saha,  Arindam</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arun, Pushkaran S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ghosh, Biplab</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mathew, Thomas</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gopinath, Chinnakonda S.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Multifunctional NiO/Ti3+–TiO2 for concurrent water reduction and glycerol oxidation to value added products by sunlight driven photocatalysis</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Materials Chemistry A</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JAN</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2105-2120</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;
	&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;The present work describes the synthesis of bifunctional-mesoporous-self-doped Ti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;3+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;containing NiO/TiO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;photocatalysts for concurrent utilization of e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;−&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;and h&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;to produce H&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;and value-added products (VAPs), respectively, from aqueous glycerol. UV-vis diffuse reflectance results and band gap analysis revealed an improved light absorption due to integration of Ni&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Ti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;3+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;/TiO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;. Various electrochemical, PL and TRPL spectral analyses demonstrate p–n heterojunction formation between NiO and Ti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;3+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;–TiO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;, which enhances charge separation and helps in achieving improved activity. HRTEM analysis of NiO/Ti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;3+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;–TiO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;nanocomposites revealed that NiO is highly dispersed on TiO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;with interfacial heterojunctions between them. XPS results demonstrate the partial reduction of Ti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;4+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;to Ti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;3+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;and Ni–Ti synergetic interaction in NiO/TiO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;to form NiO/Ti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;3+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;–TiO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;nanocomposites. EXAFS studies show that the Ni–O bond distance is similar to that of NiTiO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;suggesting electronic integration of components of the photocatalyst by forming a Ni&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;–O–Ti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;3+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;/Ti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;4+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;lattice network. Ni&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;/Ti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;3+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;–TiO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;nanocomposites as a bifunctional photocatalyst exhibited significantly enhanced activity in H&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;production and conversion of glycerol to VAPs, namely, glycolaldehyde, 1,3-dihydroxyacetone, and formic acid; formation of these products highlights not only oxidation, but also C–C cleavage of glycerol. The NiO/Ti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;3+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;–TiO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;photocatalysts fabricated in thin film form displayed higher photocatalytic efficiency than their powder counterpart. Among NiO/Ti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;3+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;–TiO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;nanocomposites NiT-3 exhibits the highest H&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;yield at 15.62 mmol h&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;−1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;g&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;−1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;, which is 38 times higher than that of bare TiO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;. The enhanced photocatalytic activity is ascribed to the high charge carrier density, the synergistic interaction between Ni&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;and Ti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;3+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;–TiO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;, formation of a p–n heterojunction at the interface between NiO and Ti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; top: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;3+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;–TiO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom: -0.4em;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;and effective utilization of charge carriers for redox reactions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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	The development of highly performing Cu-based catalysts with high dispersion of Cu species in nanocrystalline form on a suitable oxide support is significant in reverse water gas shift (RWGS) reaction. We report a simple and robust one-pot sol-gel synthesis of mesoporous Al10-xCuxOy (m gamma-Al10-xCux-SG) catalysts with Cu species in a highly dispersed nanocrystalline form in the gamma-Al2O3 matrix and its high catalytic performance in RWGS reaction. The lack of long range structural order of copper species in m gamma-Al10-xCux-SG catalysts evidenced from Cu-K edge extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) studies illustrates the fine distribution of copper species in mesoporous gamma-Al2O3 lattice. Activity study revealed that m gamma-Al10-xCux-SG catalysts showed significantly high CO2 conversion to CO and excellent catalytic stability compared to gamma-Al10-xCux-I prepared by conventional impregnation method. Mesoporous Al9Cu1 (m gamma-Al9Cu1) displayed a CO2 conversion of 45 % at 500 degrees C, which is about 2.8 times higher activity than conventional gamma-Al9Cu1-I catalyst with almost same Cu loading as that of m gamma-Al9Cu1 catalyst. Stability study at 500 degrees C over a period of 50 h revealed that m gamma-Al10-xCux-SG catalysts at low Cu loading (m gamma-Al9.9Cu0.1) showed excellent catalytic stability. The strong copper-alumina interaction in m gamma-Al10-xCux-SG catalysts with enhanced number of active sites at the copper-alumina interface as evidenced from field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM), H2-temperature programmed reduction (H2-TPR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), electrochemical characterization, and Cu-K edge EXAFS analysis enhances the activity and stability of the catalyst. Density functional theory (DFT) studies and the Operando DRIFTS-MS analysis of RWGS over m gamma-Al9Cu1 catalyst revealed that the mechanism of RWGS reaction to CO formation on m gamma-Al10-xCux-SG catalysts is preceded through the formation of a hydroxycarbonyl (OCOH) intermediate. The present synthesis strategy provides an opportunity for producing Cu-based catalysts with further enhanced activity and stability in RWGS reaction by suitable modification of the catalyst.&lt;/p&gt;
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