Photochemical reduction of Al3+ to Al0 over a ferroelectric photocatalyst—LiNbO3

Divya Tiwari, Steve Dunn

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Abstract

Here we demonstrate the photochemical reduction of Al 3+ to metallic Al 0 nanoparticles using a ferroelectric material as the photocatalyst, in this case LiNbO 3. This gives evidence for multi-electron photoreduction reactions and a possible route to the formation of nanostructured metal particles that has high reduction potential cations formed from the dissolution of salts.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)18-20
Number of pages3
JournalMaterials Letters
Volume79
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jul 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Ferroelectrics
  • Metallic nanoparticles
  • Semiconductors

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