公开(公告)号：US20180243727A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-30

申请号：US15756099

申请日：2016-08-26

Applicant: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.

Inventor： Mohd Adnan Khan ,  Hamdan Al Ghamdi ,  Ugo Ravon ,  Hicham Idriss ,  Maher Al-Oufi

IPC: B01J23/52 ,  B01J21/06 ,  B01J35/00 ,  B01J37/00 ,  B01J37/02 ,  B01J37/06 ,  C01B13/02 ,  C01B3/04 ,  C25B1/00 ,  B01J23/40

CPC classification number: B01J23/52 ,  B01J21/063 ,  B01J23/40 ,  B01J23/48 ,  B01J23/63 ,  B01J23/66 ,  B01J23/70 ,  B01J23/83 ,  B01J27/125 ,  B01J35/0013 ,  B01J35/004 ,  B01J35/006 ,  B01J35/008 ,  B01J35/08 ,  B01J37/0018 ,  B01J37/0201 ,  B01J37/0219 ,  B01J37/0244 ,  B01J37/0248 ,  B01J37/06 ,  C01B3/042 ,  C01B13/0207 ,  C25B1/003 ,  C25B1/04 ,  Y02E60/364 ,  Y02E60/368

Abstract: Disclosed is a water-splitting photocatalyst, and methods for its use, that includes a photoactive semi-conductive layer, an up-converting material capable of converting infrared (IR) light to visible light and/or ultraviolet (UV) light, and a metal or metal alloy material having surface plasmon resonance properties in response to IR light and/or visible light, wherein the photoactive semi-conductive layer encompasses at least a portion of the up-converting material and the metal or metal alloy material.