RUcore: Rutgers University Community Repository
Photocatalytic hydrogen production using strontium titanate and supported silver nanoparticles
Descriptive
TitleInfo
Title
Photocatalytic hydrogen production using strontium titanate and supported silver nanoparticles
Name
(type = personal)
NamePart
(type = family)
Taylor
NamePart
(type = given)
Sean
NamePart
(type = date)
1992-
DisplayForm
Sean Taylor
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB)
author
Name
(type = personal)
NamePart
(type = family)
Samokhvalov
NamePart
(type = given)
Alexander
DisplayForm
Alexander Samokhvalov
Affiliation
Advisory Committee
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB)
chair
Name
(type = personal)
NamePart
(type = family)
Kumi
NamePart
(type = given)
George
DisplayForm
George Kumi
Affiliation
Advisory Committee
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB)
internal member
Name
(type = personal)
NamePart
(type = family)
Roche
NamePart
(type = given)
Alex J
DisplayForm
Alex J Roche
Affiliation
Advisory Committee
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB)
internal member
Name
(type = corporate)
NamePart
Rutgers University
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB)
degree grantor
Name
(type = corporate)
NamePart
Camden Graduate School
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB)
school
TypeOfResource
Text
Genre
(authority = marcgt)
theses
OriginInfo
DateCreated
(qualifier = exact)
2016
DateOther
(qualifier = exact);
(type = degree)
2016-05
CopyrightDate
(encoding = w3cdtf);
(qualifier = exact)
2016
Place
PlaceTerm
(type = code)
xx
Language
LanguageTerm
(authority = ISO639-2b);
(type = code)
eng
Abstract
(type = abstract)
Semiconductors have been gaining interest in the field of photocatalysis due to their ability to efficiently harvest energy from light, their versatility in performing many different photocatalytic reactions, and for making electronic devices. Plasmonic metal nanoparticles have also been increasingly studied for their use in applications from spectroscopic enhancement and bioanalytics to photocatalysis. In this study we photochemically deposited silver metal nanoparticles onto the surface of strontium titanate in-situ using silver nitrate and investigated how they affect the photocatalytic production of hydrogen from glycerol and water at several silver loadings. The photocatalytic activity of the silver doped photocatalysts was also studied at different spectral regions of light. We have confirmed the presence of silver nanoparticles using UV-Vis Diffuse Reflectance. Furthermore it was found that the photocatalytic ability of the silver doped photocatalysts had a nonlinear dependence on the amount of silver loading. There were two maxima of the photocatalytic ability which we propose was due to the creation of plasmonic nanoparticles and the overloading of silver on the strontium titanate which would inhibit light absorption of the bulk photocatalyst. We also studied the kinetics of silver deposition onto the strontium titanate using Photoluminescence spectroscopy. This is due to the strontium titanate first photocatalytically reducing the silver ions into the metallic nanoparticles.
Subject
(authority = RUETD)
Topic
Chemistry
Subject
(authority = ETD-LCSH)
Topic
Nanoparticles
Subject
(authority = ETD-LCSH)
Topic
Photocatalysis
Subject
(authority = ETD-LCSH)
Topic
Semiconductors
RelatedItem
(type = host)
TitleInfo
Title
Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Identifier
(type = RULIB)
ETD
Identifier
ETD_7379
PhysicalDescription
Form
(authority = gmd)
electronic resource
InternetMediaType
application/pdf
InternetMediaType
text/xml
Note
Supplementary File: Sean Taylor MS Chemistry Thesis Supplementary Material
Extent
1 online resource (x, 61 p. : ill.)
Note
(type = degree)
M.S.
Note
(type = bibliography)
Includes bibliographical references
Note
(type = statement of responsibility)
by Sean Taylor
RelatedItem
(type = host)
TitleInfo
Title
Camden Graduate School Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Identifier
(type = local)
rucore10005600001
Location
PhysicalLocation
(authority = marcorg);
(displayLabel = Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)
NjNbRU
Identifier
(type = doi)
doi:10.7282/T3SN0C3P
Genre
(authority = ExL-Esploro)
ETD graduate
Back to the top
Rights
RightsDeclaration
(ID = rulibRdec0006)
The author owns the copyright to this work.
RightsHolder
(type = personal)
Name
FamilyName
Taylor
GivenName
Sean
Role
Copyright Holder
RightsEvent
Type
Permission or license
DateTime
(encoding = w3cdtf);
(qualifier = exact);
(point = start)
2016-05-03 14:00:53
AssociatedEntity
Name
Sean Taylor
Role
Copyright holder
Affiliation
Rutgers University. Camden Graduate School
AssociatedObject
Type
License
Name
Author Agreement License
Detail
I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
RightsEvent
DateTime
(encoding = w3cdtf);
(qualifier = exact);
(point = start)
2016-05-31
DateTime
(encoding = w3cdtf);
(qualifier = exact);
(point = end)
2018-05-31
Type
Embargo
Detail
Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request. It will be publicly available after May 31st, 2018.
Copyright
Status
Copyright protected
Availability
Status
Open
Reason
Permission or license
Back to the top
Technical
RULTechMD
(ID = TECHNICAL1)
ContentModel
ETD
OperatingSystem
(VERSION = 5.1)
windows xp
CreatingApplication
Version
1.5
DateCreated
(point = end);
(encoding = w3cdtf);
(qualifier = exact)
2016-05-10T12:33:54
DateCreated
(point = end);
(encoding = w3cdtf);
(qualifier = exact)
2016-05-10T12:33:54
ApplicationName
Microsoft® Office Word 2007
RULTechMD
(ID = TECHNICAL2)
ContentModel
ETD
CreatingApplication
Version
1.5
DateCreated
(point = end);
(encoding = w3cdtf);
(qualifier = exact)
2016-05-03T13:58:21
DateCreated
(point = end);
(encoding = w3cdtf);
(qualifier = exact)
2016-05-03T13:58:21
ApplicationName
Microsoft® Office Word 2007
Back to the top
Statistical Profile