The utilization of bismuth titanate pyrochlore (Bi2Ti2O7-BTO) nanoparticles synthesized via a reverse micelle based approach and its application will be presented.  The study focuses on the surface, optical and photocatalytic properties of this nanocomposite and will demonstrate the benefits of the addition of an element belonging to the 3d group, Fe.  The application part of this work will mainly focus on the use of composites for photocatalytic water splitting to produce hydrogen.  It will be shown that the inclusion of Fe assists in improving hydrogen evolution compared to plain TiO2 or BTO.

Development of titanate pyrochlores Bi2Ti2O7for photocatalytic hydrogen production

244th National Meeting (2012)

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