Hydrogen evolution via sunlight water splitting on an artificial butterfly wing architecture

Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2011 Jun 21;13(23):10872-6. doi: 10.1039/c1cp20787c. Epub 2011 Apr 19.

Abstract

A prototype of nature's butterfly wing architecture using Pt loaded TiO(2) is provided and demonstrated to be able to enhance the hydrogen evolution rate by 2.3 times in sunlight water splitting. This is due to advantages brought about by the hierarchical architecture in both meso scope and nano scope.