Published August 2022 | Version v1
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Deciphering the reaction mechanisms of photothermal hydrogen production using H/D kinetic isotope effect

  • 1. Univ. Montpellier, ENSCM, ICSM, CEA, CNRS, Marcoule, (France)

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H/D kinetic isotope effect has been employed to study the mechanism of the thermally assisted photocatalytic hydrogen production over noble metal-free Ti(at)TiO2 core-shell nanoparticles. We have found that the observed large H/D isotope separation factor (αH = 11.3 ± 1.7-6.2 ± 0.9) is due to the electron hole-mediated cleavage of OH bond. It was concluded that strong H/D isotopic selectivity is associated with significant photothermal effect. (authors)

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Available from doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2cy01185a

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Journal Title
Catalysis Science and Technology
Journal Volume
12
Journal Issue
no.17
Journal Page Range
p. 5252-5256
ISSN
2044-4753

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