title: Formation of metallic Ni nanoparticles on titania surfaces by chemical vapor reductive deposition method.
abstract: Metallic Ni nanoparticles were successfully prepared on the surface of titania thin film substrate by a novel method, named as chemical vapor reductive deposition (CVRD) method. The growth of the nanoparticles was based on the specific adsorption and heterogeneous nucleation on the surface of substrate, not via vapor-phase formation and subsequent sedimentation. The nanoparticle size was found to be well controllable between 10 and 30 nm by the preparation time and vapor pressure of metal complex precursor. ESCA and electron diffraction results clearly demonstrated Ni nanoparticles as metallic. Titania thin film with metallic Ni nanoparticles on its surface showed high efficiency in their photocatalysis of hydrogen evolution from decomposition of ethanol.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshinaga
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Katsutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muramatsu
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morikawa