title: Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Production in Core-Shell Engineered Rutile TiO2.
abstract: A rationally designed crystalline Ti(3+) core/amorphous Ti(4+) shell configuration can reverse the population disparity between holes and electrons reaching the surface of microsized rutile TiO2 photocatalyst, thus significantly enhancing its photocatalytic activity by two orders of magnitude in terms of the hydrogen production rate under the irradiation of UV-vis light.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Technology, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, HeFei, 230026, China.|Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, China.
authors.forename: Yongqiang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, China.
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9ST, UK.
authors.forename: John T S
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Irvine
authors.affiliation: Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, China.
authors.forename: Hui-Ming
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Cheng
keywords: TiO2; core-shell; hydorgen; photocatalysts