Photogeneration of hydrogen from water starting from hybrid Mo3S7 clusters immobilized over TiO2
a Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, SBRAS, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
b BoreskovInstitute of Catalysis, SBRAS, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
c Institut Universitari d'Electroquímica, Universitat d'Alacant, 03080 Alacant, Spain
Proceedings of International Conference on Light Driven Water Splitting Using Semiconductor Based Devices (SolarFuel15)
Illetes, Spain, 2015 March 11th - 13th
Organizers: Leslie Frotscher, Sixto Gimenez Julia, Wolfram Jaegermann and Bernhard Kaiser
Poster, Rosa Llusar, 093
Publication date: 15th December 2014
Publication date: 15th December 2014
Molybdenum sulfide materials have emerged recently as low cost alternatives for the photo- and electrocatalytic reduction of water. Herein we present the generation of electrocatalytic species by reduction of Mo3S7Br4(diimino) complexes adsorbed on TiO2 surfaces. The reduced cluster has been characterized as a molybdenum (IV) sulfide. The activity of the as-generated molydenum-sulfide based cocatalystwill be discussed. Finally we will show how this Mo-sulfide co-catalyst enhances the activity of TiO2 for hydrogen photogeneration, in the presence of Na2S + Na2SO3 as sacrificial agent. This is a simple, scalable procedure that allows modifying a large variety of substrates in a controlled way with a molybdenum-sulfur based electrocatalyst.
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