Chemistry Letters, Vol.48, No.8, 939-942, 2019
Cocatalyst-free Plasmonic H-2 Production over Au/Ta2O5 under Irradiation of Visible Light
Gold (Au)-modified tantalum(V) oxide (Ta2O5) prepared by using a colloid photodeposition method produced H-2 without the aid of a cocatalyst under visible light irradiation due to the sufficiently negative potential of electrons injected from Au nanoparticles into the conduction band of Ta2O5 (-0.47 V).