<?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%">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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