Research Article

Preparation of by Spray Pyrolysis and Evaluation of Apparent Photocatalytic Activity for Hydrogen Production from Water

Table 2

Effect of NiO loading on photocatalytic activities for water splitting in pure water over NaTaO3 (NaTaO3 powder synthesized by spray pyrolysis; mean residence time = 1.80 seconds; spray pyrolysis temperature = 1173 K; precursor preparation temperature = 333 K; precursor concentration = 0.125 M; carrier gas (air) flow rate = 5 L/min; Na/Ta = 1.00; reaction conditions: amount of distilled water, 500 ml; photocatalyst concentration = 1.0 gL−1).

Preparation method NiO (0.05 wt%) loading Rate of gas evolution (μmol/hr)
H2 O2

Spray pyrolysis X1.76–-
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