Facile preparation of cerium (Ce) and antimony (Sb) codoped SnO2 for hydrogen production in lactic acid solution. (December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Hongyan; Zhao, Keyi; Wang, Tingting; Deng, Junyang; Zeng, Heping
• Is Part Of: Materials science in semiconductor processing. Volume 40(2015:Dec.)
• Page Start: 670
• Page End: 675
• Publication Date: 2015-12
• Subjects: Ce-doped ATO -- Photocatalytic activity -- Band gap tuning -- Hydrogen evolution; Semiconductors -- Periodicals; Integrated circuits -- Materials -- Periodicals; Semiconducteurs -- Périodiques; Circuits intégrés -- Matériaux -- Périodiques; Electronic journals; 621.38152
• DOI: 10.1016/j.mssp.2015.07.041
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1369-8001

Abstract

Abstract: Nanostructured Cerium and antimony co-doped tin dioxide (Ce/ATO) were prepared by sol–gel method. XRD, SEM, XPS, Uv–vis and fluorescence were employed to characterize the structure, morphology and optical properties. The results show that the Ce/ATO samples exhibit photocatalytic abilities for hydrogen production in a lactic acid solution. 4 mol% Ce/ATO showed the highest rate of hydrogen production (8.5 µmol g −1 h −1 ) among the doped samples under light irradiation.