A sol–gel biotemplating route with cellulose nanocrystals to design a photocatalyst for improving hydrogen generation

Cong Wang (1) , Jian Li (1) , Erwan Paineau (2) , Abdelghani Laachachi (3) , Christophe Colbeau-Justin (1) , Hynd Remita (1) , Mohamed Nawfal Ghazzal (1)

1 ICP - Institut de Chimie Physique
2 LPS - Laboratoire de Physique des Solides
3 LIST - Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology

Light harvesting capability and charge carrier lifetime play critical roles in determining the photoefficiency of a photocatalyst.

Domaines: Matériaux

Cong Wang, Jian Li, Erwan Paineau, Abdelghani Laachachi, Christophe Colbeau-Justin, et al.. A sol–gel biotemplating route with cellulose nanocrystals to design a photocatalyst for improving hydrogen generation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020, 8 (21), pp.10779-10786. ⟨10.1039/C9TA12665A⟩. ⟨hal-03437313⟩