2D MoS2 nanosheets on 1D anodic TiO2 nanotube layers: an efficient co-catalyst for liquid and gas phase photocatalysis

Martin Motola; Michal Baudys; Raul Zazpe; Miloš Krbal; Jan Michalička; Jhonatan Rodriguez-Pereira; David Pavliňák; Jan Přikryl; Luděk Hromádko; Hanna Sopha; Josef Krýsa; Jan M Macak

doi:10.1039/c9nr08753b

2D MoS₂ nanosheets on 1D anodic TiO₂ nanotube layers: an efficient co-catalyst for liquid and gas phase photocatalysis

Nanoscale. 2019 Dec 28;11(48):23126-23131. doi: 10.1039/c9nr08753b. Epub 2019 Dec 3.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Center of Materials and Nanotechnologies, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Nam. Cs. Legii 565, 53002 Pardubice, Czech Republic. jan.macak@upce.cz.
² Department of Inorganic Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technicka 5, 16628 Prague, Czech Republic.
³ Center of Materials and Nanotechnologies, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Nam. Cs. Legii 565, 53002 Pardubice, Czech Republic. jan.macak@upce.cz and Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 123, 61200 Brno, Czech Republic.
⁴ Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 123, 61200 Brno, Czech Republic.
⁵ Department of Physical Electronics, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, 61137 Brno, Czech Republic.

PMID: 31793615
DOI: 10.1039/c9nr08753b

Abstract

One-dimensional TiO₂ nanotube layers with different dimensions were homogeneously decorated with 2D MoS₂ nanosheets via atomic layer deposition and employed for liquid and gas phase photocatalysis. The 2D MoS₂ nanosheets revealed a high amount of exposed active edge sites and strongly enhanced the photocatalytic performance of TiO₂ nanotube layers.