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A novel route to Pt-Bi2O3 composite thin films and their application in photo-reduction of water

Moniz, SJA; Bhachu, D; Blackman, CS; Cross, AJ; Elouali, S; Pugh, D; Quesada Cabrera, R; (2012) A novel route to Pt-Bi2O3 composite thin films and their application in photo-reduction of water. Inorganica Chimica Acta , 380 pp. 328-335. 10.1016/j.ica.2011.09.029. Green open access

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Abstract

A novel homoleptic bismuth(III) β-diketonate (dibenzoylmethane – dbm) complex [Bi(dbm)3]2 has been used as a precursor to thin films of crystalline β-Bi2O3, and hexachloroplatinic acid (H2PtCl6·6H2O) has been demonstrated as a suitable precursor for deposition of platinum nanoparticles, both deposited via aerosol-assisted chemical vapour deposition (AACVD). Thin films of Pt–Bi2O3 were co-deposited from a mixture of [Bi(dbm)3]2 and H2PtCl6·6H2O; the introduction of Pt particles into β-Bi2O3 causes hydrogen to be evolved during photolysis of water over the composite material, a property not found for Pt particles or β-Bi2O3 alone.

Type: Article
Title: A novel route to Pt-Bi2O3 composite thin films and their application in photo-reduction of water
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2011.09.029
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2011.09.029
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1399861
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