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It is highly desirable but challenging to optimize the structure of photocatalysts at the atomic scale to facilitate the separation of electron-hole pairs for enhanced performance. Now, a highly efficient photocatalyst is formed by assembling single Pt atoms on a defective TiO2 support (Pt-1/def-TiO2). Apart from being proton reduction sites, single Pt atoms promote the neighboring TiO2 units to generate surface oxygen vacancies and form a Pt-O-Ti3+ atomic interface. Experimental results and density functional theory calculations demonstrate that the Pt-O-Ti3+ atomic interface effectively facilitates photogenerated electrons to transfer from Ti3+ defective sites to single Pt atoms, thereby enhancing the separation of electron-hole pairs. This unique structure makes Pt-1/def-TiO2 exhibit a record-level photocatalytic hydrogen production performance with an unexpectedly high turnover frequency of 51423h(-1), exceeding the Pt nanoparticle supported TiO2 catalyst by a factor of 591.
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ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
ISSN: 1433-7851
Year: 2020
Issue: 3
Volume: 59
Page: 1295-1301
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JCR@2022
ESI Discipline: CHEMISTRY;
ESI HC Threshold:139
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WoS CC Cited Count: 446
SCOPUS Cited Count: 411
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 34 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 4
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