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Transforming a Compact Disk into a Simple and Cheap Photocatalytic Nanoreactor.

ABSTRACT: A commercial compact disk has been converted into an effective photocatalytic nanoreactor by depositing a catalyst layer inside the nanochannels by means of an electrophoretic method. The resultant device has been tested for water splitting, obtaining a high yield of hydrogen at an unbeatable low cost.

SUBMITTER: Sans J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6644725 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Transforming a Compact Disk into a Simple and Cheap Photocatalytic Nanoreactor.

Sans Jordi J Soler Lluís L Domínguez Montserrat M Llorca Jordi J

ACS omega 20180627 6

A commercial compact disk has been converted into an effective photocatalytic nanoreactor by depositing a catalyst layer inside the nanochannels by means of an electrophoretic method. The resultant device has been tested for water splitting, obtaining a high yield of hydrogen at an unbeatable low cost. ...[more]

PMID: 31458863

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