Discovery of a Novel High Activity Photocatalyst Material
-A Great Step Toward the Realization of Artificial Photosynthesis-
The Photocatalytic Materials Center (Managing Director: Jinhua Ye) of the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS; President: Sukekatsu Ushioda) discovered a new type of semiconductor material, Ag3PO4, which shows a super-high water oxidation activity under visible light irradiation (QY: ~90% at 420nm)
Figure 1. (Left) Ag3PO4 powders and (right) schematic drawing of the crystal structure.
Z. Yi, J. Ye, et al, Nature Mater., 9, 559-564, 2010.
