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Tomoyuki Tajima1, Wakako Sakata, Takaaki Wada
1Graduate School of Environmental Science, Okayama University, Kita-ku, Japan.
Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|November 10, 2011
Abstract:
A coaxial nanohybrid consisting of a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT), fullerodendron, and SiO(2) shows high-efficiency light-driven hydrogen evolution from water. Upon visible light irradiation, SWCNT/fullerodendron/SiO(2) coaxial nanohybrid shows hydrogen evolution activity in the presence of methyl viologen (MV(2+)), benzyldihydronicotinamide (BNAH), and a colloidal polyvinyl alcohol(PVA)-Pt.

