Abstract
Alumina is an insulator oxide with a large abundance in the earth's crust, but it shows no photocatalytic activity due to its large bandgap (9 eV). Based on first-principles calculations, the Al2O3 bandgap can be reduced below 3 eV, if large oxygen vacancies are generated. Here, Al2O3 with large oxygen vacancy concentrations and ~2.5 eV optical bandgap is produced by severe plastic deformation via the high-pressure torsion (HPT) method. The material exhibits photocatalytic dye degradation with a reasonable rate compared with TiO2 photocatalysis. This finding introduces a simple but effective approach to produce new nature-friendly photocatalysts even from insulator oxides.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 120-124 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Scripta Materialia |
| Volume | 173 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2019 |
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- Materials Science(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metals and Alloys
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Photocatalytic activity of aluminum oxide by oxygen vacancy generation using high-pressure torsion straining. / Edalati, K.; Fujita, I.; Takechi, Shuhei; Nakashima, Yuki; Kumano, Kazuki; Razavi-Khosroshahi, Hadi; Arita, Makoto; Watanabe, Motonori; Sauvage, Xavier; Akbay, T.; Ishihara, Tatsumi; Fuji, Masayoshi; Horita, Z.
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T1 - Photocatalytic activity of aluminum oxide by oxygen vacancy generation using high-pressure torsion straining
AU - Edalati, K.
AU - Fujita, I.
AU - Takechi, Shuhei
AU - Nakashima, Yuki
AU - Kumano, Kazuki
AU - Razavi-Khosroshahi, Hadi
AU - Arita, Makoto
AU - Watanabe, Motonori
AU - Sauvage, Xavier
AU - Akbay, T.
AU - Ishihara, Tatsumi
AU - Fuji, Masayoshi
AU - Horita, Z.
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - Alumina is an insulator oxide with a large abundance in the earth's crust, but it shows no photocatalytic activity due to its large bandgap (9 eV). Based on first-principles calculations, the Al2O3 bandgap can be reduced below 3 eV, if large oxygen vacancies are generated. Here, Al2O3 with large oxygen vacancy concentrations and ~2.5 eV optical bandgap is produced by severe plastic deformation via the high-pressure torsion (HPT) method. The material exhibits photocatalytic dye degradation with a reasonable rate compared with TiO2 photocatalysis. This finding introduces a simple but effective approach to produce new nature-friendly photocatalysts even from insulator oxides.
AB - Alumina is an insulator oxide with a large abundance in the earth's crust, but it shows no photocatalytic activity due to its large bandgap (9 eV). Based on first-principles calculations, the Al2O3 bandgap can be reduced below 3 eV, if large oxygen vacancies are generated. Here, Al2O3 with large oxygen vacancy concentrations and ~2.5 eV optical bandgap is produced by severe plastic deformation via the high-pressure torsion (HPT) method. The material exhibits photocatalytic dye degradation with a reasonable rate compared with TiO2 photocatalysis. This finding introduces a simple but effective approach to produce new nature-friendly photocatalysts even from insulator oxides.
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