Electron transport and visible light absorption in a plasmonic photocatalyst based on strontium niobate

• Main Authors: Wan, D. Y., Zhao, Y. L., Cai, Y., Asmara, T. C., Huang, Z., Chen, J. Q., Hong, J., Yin, Sheng Ming, Nelson, C. T., Motapothula, M. R., Yan, B. X., Xiang, D., Chi, X., Zheng, H., Chen, W., Xu, Rong, Ariando, Rusydi, A., Minor, A. M., Breese, M. B. H., Sherburne, M., Asta, M., Xu, Q-H, Venkatesan, T
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Catalysis; Electrical Conductivity
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88614; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44661
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Semiconductor compounds are widely used for photocatalytic hydrogen production applications, where photogenerated electron–hole pairs are exploited to induce catalysis. Recently, powders of a metallic oxide (Sr1−xNbO3, 0.03<x<0.20) were reported to show competitive photocatalytic efficiencies...