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Mesoporous layer-by-layer ordered nanohybrids of layered double hydroxide and layered metal oxide: Highly active visible light photocatalysts with improved chemical stability
- Title
- Mesoporous layer-by-layer ordered nanohybrids of layered double hydroxide and layered metal oxide: Highly active visible light photocatalysts with improved chemical stability
- Authors
- Gunjakar J.L.; Kim T.W.; Kim H.N.; Kim I.Y.; Hwang S.-J.
- Ewha Authors
- 황성주; Gunjakar Jayavant Laxman
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 황성주; Gunjakar Jayavant Laxman
- Issue Date
- 2011
- Journal Title
- Journal of the American Chemical Society
- ISSN
- 0002-7863
- Citation
- Journal of the American Chemical Society vol. 133, no. 38, pp. 14998 - 15007
- Indexed
- SCI; SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Mesoporous layer-by-layer ordered nanohybrids highly active for visible light-induced O 2 generation are synthesized by self-assembly between oppositely charged 2D nanosheets of Zn-Cr-layered double hydroxide (Zn-Cr-LDH) and layered titanium oxide. The layer-by-layer ordering of two kinds of 2D nanosheets is evidenced by powder X-ray diffraction and cross-sectional high resolution-transmission electron microscopy. Upon the interstratification process, the original in-plane atomic arrangements and electronic structures of the component nanosheets remain intact. The obtained heterolayered nanohybrids show a strong absorption of visible light and a remarkably depressed photoluminescence signal, indicating an effective electronic coupling between the two component nanosheets. The self-assembly between 2D inorganic nanosheets leads to the formation of highly porous stacking structure, whose porosity is controllable by changing the ratio of layered titanate/Zn-Cr-LDH. The resultant heterolayered nanohybrids are fairly active for visible light-induced O 2 generation with a rate of ∼1.18 mmol h -1 g -1, which is higher than the O 2 production rate (∼0.67 mmol h -1 g -1) by the pristine Zn-Cr-LDH material, that is, one of the most effective visible light photocatalysts for O 2 production, under the same experimental condition. This result highlights an excellent functionality of the Zn-Cr-LDH-layered titanate nanohybrids as efficient visible light active photocatalysts. Of prime interest is that the chemical stability of the Zn-Cr-LDH is significantly improved upon the hybridization, a result of the protection of the LDH lattice by highly stable titanate layer. The present findings clearly demonstrate that the layer-by-layer-ordered assembly between inorganic 2D nanosheets is quite effective not only in improving the photocatalytic activity of the component semiconductors but also in synthesizing novel porous LDH-based hybrid materials with improved chemical stability. © 2011 American Chemical Society.
- DOI
- 10.1021/ja203388r
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- 자연과학대학 > 화학·나노과학전공 > Journal papers
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