Effects of Periodic Pore Ordering on Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation with Mesoporous Semiconductor Oxides
Crystalline and 3D continuous mesoporous quaternary CsTaWO6 semiconductors are prepared with different degrees of long‐range periodic order and local order, respectively, to investigate the influence of periodic pore order on the photocatalytic performance in hydrogen evolution of mesoporous photoca...
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| author | Tobias Weller Jana Timm Leonie Deilmann Tobias S. Doerr Christopher Greve Alexey S. Cherevan Peter A. Beaucage Ulrich B. Wiesner Eva M. Herzig Dominik Eder Roland Marschall |
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| description | Crystalline and 3D continuous mesoporous quaternary CsTaWO6 semiconductors are prepared with different degrees of long‐range periodic order and local order, respectively, to investigate the influence of periodic pore order on the photocatalytic performance in hydrogen evolution of mesoporous photocatalysts. The degree of long‐range order of the mesopores is changed by modifying the ratio between metal precursors and soft polymer template poly(isoprene‐b‐styrene‐b‐ethylene oxide) (PI‐b‐PS‐b‐PEO; ISO) in the sol–gel synthesis. Long‐range periodic order is found to have no appreciable advantage compared with an only locally ordered continuous pore system. On the contrary, nonperiodically ordered mesopores result in higher activity toward photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, even with slightly smaller pore diameter and lower cumulative pore volume. Most importantly, it is shown that pore connectivity and heterogeneous pore systems in mesoporous photocatalysts play a major role for hydrogen evolution when other parameters are confirmed to be not rate limiting. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f7465fe4e3bb4b2d9eb9b34af7fd24a12023-07-26T01:40:18ZengWiley-VCHSmall Structures2688-40622023-06-0146n/an/a10.1002/sstr.202200184Effects of Periodic Pore Ordering on Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation with Mesoporous Semiconductor OxidesTobias Weller0Jana Timm1Leonie Deilmann2Tobias S. Doerr3Christopher Greve4Alexey S. Cherevan5Peter A. Beaucage6Ulrich B. Wiesner7Eva M. Herzig8Dominik Eder9Roland Marschall10Institute of Physical Chemistry Justus-Liebig-University Giessen 35392 Giessen GermanyDepartment of Chemistry University of Bayreuth 95447 Bayreuth GermanyInstitut für Materialchemie Technische Universität Wien 1060 Vienna AustriaINM—Leibniz Institute for New Materials Campus D2 2 66123 Saarbrücken GermanyInstitute of Physics Dynamics and Structure Formation—Herzig Group University of Bayreuth 95447 Bayreuth GermanyInstitut für Materialchemie Technische Universität Wien 1060 Vienna AustriaMaterials Science and Engineering Cornell University 14853 Ithaca NY USAMaterials Science and Engineering Cornell University 14853 Ithaca NY USAInstitute of Physics Dynamics and Structure Formation—Herzig Group University of Bayreuth 95447 Bayreuth GermanyInstitut für Materialchemie Technische Universität Wien 1060 Vienna AustriaInstitute of Physical Chemistry Justus-Liebig-University Giessen 35392 Giessen GermanyCrystalline and 3D continuous mesoporous quaternary CsTaWO6 semiconductors are prepared with different degrees of long‐range periodic order and local order, respectively, to investigate the influence of periodic pore order on the photocatalytic performance in hydrogen evolution of mesoporous photocatalysts. The degree of long‐range order of the mesopores is changed by modifying the ratio between metal precursors and soft polymer template poly(isoprene‐b‐styrene‐b‐ethylene oxide) (PI‐b‐PS‐b‐PEO; ISO) in the sol–gel synthesis. Long‐range periodic order is found to have no appreciable advantage compared with an only locally ordered continuous pore system. On the contrary, nonperiodically ordered mesopores result in higher activity toward photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, even with slightly smaller pore diameter and lower cumulative pore volume. Most importantly, it is shown that pore connectivity and heterogeneous pore systems in mesoporous photocatalysts play a major role for hydrogen evolution when other parameters are confirmed to be not rate limiting.https://doi.org/10.1002/sstr.202200184hydrogen evolution reactionsmesoporesphotocatalysispore orderingscanning isotherms |
| spellingShingle | Tobias Weller Jana Timm Leonie Deilmann Tobias S. Doerr Christopher Greve Alexey S. Cherevan Peter A. Beaucage Ulrich B. Wiesner Eva M. Herzig Dominik Eder Roland Marschall Effects of Periodic Pore Ordering on Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation with Mesoporous Semiconductor Oxides Small Structures hydrogen evolution reactions mesopores photocatalysis pore ordering scanning isotherms |
| title | Effects of Periodic Pore Ordering on Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation with Mesoporous Semiconductor Oxides |
| title_full | Effects of Periodic Pore Ordering on Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation with Mesoporous Semiconductor Oxides |
| title_fullStr | Effects of Periodic Pore Ordering on Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation with Mesoporous Semiconductor Oxides |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Periodic Pore Ordering on Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation with Mesoporous Semiconductor Oxides |
| title_short | Effects of Periodic Pore Ordering on Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation with Mesoporous Semiconductor Oxides |
| title_sort | effects of periodic pore ordering on photocatalytic hydrogen generation with mesoporous semiconductor oxides |
| topic | hydrogen evolution reactions mesopores photocatalysis pore ordering scanning isotherms |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/sstr.202200184 |
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