Controllable nanothorns on TiO2 mesocrystals for efficient charge separation in hydrogen evolution

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 May 9;53(38):5306-5309. doi: 10.1039/c7cc01894k.

Abstract

Herein, we investigated that sheet-like TiO2 mesocrystals with controllable nanothorns on the {101} facet during the topotactic transformation exhibit facet-induced charge separation and anisotropic electron flow, realizing the superior facet-dependent photocatalysis in solar energy conversion.