Hidróxidos dobles en capas como fotocatalizadores altamente eficientes para la generación de oxígeno de luz visible a

Cláudia Gomes Silva1, Younès Bouizi, Vicente Fornés

  • 1Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica, UPV-CSIC, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Avda. de Los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.

Resumen

Los investigadores desarrollaron nuevos hidróxidos dobles en capas basados en cromo (LDH) para una eficiente generación de oxígeno fotocatalítico en luz visible. El material más activo (Zn/Cr) LDH demostró altos rendimientos cuánticos, superando el rendimiento de los materiales tradicionales como el WO3).

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