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. 2017 Feb 3;8(4):3070–3079. doi: 10.1039/c6sc05219c

Table 2. Photocatalytic performance of DSP systems studied in this work a .

System TOFcat f /h–1 TOFdye g /h–1 n(H2)/μmol (1 h) TONcat f TONdye g
Dye|TiO 2 | CoP b
DPP2 8.8 ± 0.9 17.5 ± 1.8 0.43 ± 0.04 17.2 ± 1.7 (3 h) 34.4 ± 3.4 (3 h)
RuP 28.4 ± 3.4 56.8 ± 6.9 1.42 ± 0.17 48.4 ± 4.8 (3 h) 96.7 ± 10.0 (3 h)
Dye|TiO 2 | NiP c
DPP1 14.7 ± 1.5 14.7 ± 1.5 0.38 ± 0.04 96.8 ± 9.7 (21 h) 96.8 ± 9.7 (21 h)
DPP2 34.6 ± 3.5 34.6 ± 3.5 0.86 ± 0.09 204.6 ± 20.5 (21 h) 204.6 ± 20.5 (21 h)
DPP3 15.5 ± 1.6 15.5 ± 1.6 0.39 ± 0.04 131.1 ± 13.1 (21 h) 131.1 ± 13.1 (21 h)
DPP4 10.0 ± 1.0 10.0 ± 1.0 0.25 ± 0.03 126.3 ± 12.6 (21 h) 126.3 ± 12.6 (21 h)
DPP5 26.4 ± 2.6 26.4 ± 2.6 0.66 ± 0.07 192.4 ± 19.2 (21 h) 192.4 ± 19.2 (21 h)
RuP 54.3 ± 5.4 54.3 ± 5.4 1.35 ± 0.14 233.6 ± 23.4 (21 h) 233.6 ± 23.4 (21 h)
Dye|TiO 2 |H 2 ase d
DPP2 8650 ± 1100 17.3 ± 2.2 0.43 ± 0.06 87 600 ± 11 100 (21 h) 175 ± 22 (21 h)
RuP 12 500 ± 1246 25.0 ± 2.5 0.62 ± 0.06 91 100 ± 22 300 (21 h) 182 ± 45 (21 h)
Dye|TiO 2 |Pt e
DPP2 n.d. h 337 ± 33.7 8.4 ± 0.8 n.d. h 2660 ± 265 (24 h)
RuP n.d. h 71.3 ± 7.1 1.8 ± 0.2 n.d. h 431 ± 95 (24 h)

aGeneral conditions: samples contained dye and catalyst loaded onto P25 TiO2 nanoparticles (2.5 mg) in a total volume of 3 mL of SED solution and were irradiated with UV-filtered simulated solar light (100 mW cm–2, AM 1.5G, λ > 420 nm) at 25 °C.

b CoP (0.05 μmol) and dye (0.05 μmol) on TiO2 in aqueous TEOA solution (3 mL, pH 7, 0.1 M), see Table S5 for results for DPP1, DPP3, DPP4 and DPP5.

c NiP (0.025 μmol) and dye (0.05 μmol) on TiO2 in aqueous AA solution (3 mL, pH 4.5, 0.1 M).

d[NiFeSe]-H2ase (50 pmol) and dye (0.05 μmol) on TiO2 in AA-MES solution (3 mL, pH 6, 0.1 M each).

ePre-platinised TiO2 (2.5 mg) and dye (0.05 μmol) in aqueous AA solution (3 mL, pH 4.5, 0.1 M).

fTOFcat and TONcat were calculated as follows: TOFcat = n(H2) after 1 h/n(catalyst) and TONcat = n(H2) after x h/n(catalyst).

gTOFdye and TONdye were calculated as follows: TOFdye = 2n(H2) after 1 h/n(dye) and TONdye = 2n(H2) after x h/n(dye).

hNot determined due to the unknown amount of catalytically active sites; control experiments and optimisations of DSP systems are listed in Tables S3 to S7.