title: Platinum nanoparticles strongly associated with graphitic carbon nitride as efficient co-catalysts for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution under visible light.
abstract: Platinum (Pt) nanoparticles with <4 nm diameter loaded on graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) by reduction at 673 K behave as efficient co-catalysts for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution under visible light (λ >420 nm). This is achieved by strong Pt-support interaction due to the high temperature treatment, which facilitates efficient transfer of photoformed conduction band electrons on g-C3N4 to Pt particles.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, and Division of Chemical Engineering, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-8531, Japan. shiraish@cheng.es.osaka-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shiraishi
authors.forename: Yusuke
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authors.lastname: Kofuji
authors.forename: Shunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanazawa
authors.forename: Hirokatsu
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authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Satoshi
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authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: Shunsuke
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authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Takayuki
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authors.lastname: Hirai