Enhanced Visible Light Controlled Glucose Photo-Reforming Using a Composite WO3/Ag/TiO2 Photoanode: Effect of Incorporated Plasmonic Ag Nanoparticles
Katarzyna Jakubow-Piotrowska, Bartlomiej Witkowski, Piotr Wrobel, Krzysztof Miecznikowski, Jan Augustynski, Stefano Trocino, Fausta Giacobello · 2024
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Katarzyna Jakubow-Piotrowska and six co-authors build a layered photoelectrode that turns glucose into valuable chemicals while making hydrogen. Their study was published in twenty twenty-four. Sunlight drives the chemistry at the anode, a cleaner route than burning the sugar.
Tungsten oxide film was topped with a whisper of silver, then titanium dioxide particles. Under simulated sun, the stack held strong, steady currents for hours. Silver's plasmonic boost and a current-doubling effect shared the credit. The spent liquid held gluconic acid, a four-carbon sugar, and formic acid as main products. Waste sugar streams could thus become feedstock and fuel in one sunlit step.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Katarzyna Jakubow-Piotrowska, Bartlomiej Witkowski, Piotr Wrobel, Krzysztof Miecznikowski, Jan Augustynski, Stefano Trocino, Fausta Giacobello |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 22 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |