Polymer photocatalysts with plasma-enhanced activity

Sprick, Reiner Sebastian, Cheetham, Kieran J, Bai, Yang ORCID: 0000-0002-1643-3770, Alves Fernandes, Jesum, Barnes, Michael, Bradley, James W ORCID: 0000-0002-8833-0180 and Cooper, Andrew I ORCID: 0000-0003-0201-1021 (2020) Polymer photocatalysts with plasma-enhanced activity Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 (15). pp. 7125-7129. ISSN 2050-7488, 2050-7496

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Abstract

Plasma treatment was used as a new method to enhance the photocatalytic performance of a hydrophobic polymer photocatalyst. The sacrificial hydrogen evolution rate was enhanced by a factor of more than 8 after a plasma treatment time of 20 minutes. Contact angle measurements confirmed that the plasma treatment improved the wettability of the polymer film and XPS results indicated a surface chemical modification.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	4004 Chemical Engineering, 40 Engineering, 34 Chemical Sciences, 3406 Physical Chemistry, 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	09 Apr 2020 09:32
Last Modified:	01 Mar 2026 01:53
DOI:	10.1039/d0ta01200a
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3082526
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