# Nitrogen doped TiO2 for hydrogen production under visible light irradiation

Katherine Villa, Ashley Black, Xavier Domènech, José Peral

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## Abstract

Heterogeneous photocatalytic production of H 2 from water by visible light activation of N-doped TiO 2 samples has been studied. Two different TiO 2 samples (Degussa P25 and a sol-gel prepared powder) and two nitrogen sources (urea and NH 4NO 3) have been selected to produce several catalyst combinations. In all cases, the platinization of the TiO 2 surface dramatically improved the H 2 generation efficiency. Photonic and energy efficiencies associated to the production of hydrogen are reported. They turned out to be clearly low (below 1% under visible light irradiation). The performance of the same samples improved if UVA light irradiation was used. The N-doping had no a noticeable detrimental effect on the catalyst performance under UVA irradiation. Reutilization experiments showed a clear deactivation of the catalytic activity, especially between the 1st and 2nd experiments, and parallel to this deactivation there was always a nitrogen leakage to the solution in the form of NH4+, a fact that hinders the practical application of the N-doped catalysts. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Original language English 558-566 Solar Energy 86 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2011.10.029 Published - 1 Jan 2012

## Keywords

• Deactivation
• Hydrogen production
• Nitrogen doping
• TiO 2
• Visible light

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