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@article{Sotelo-Vazquez:2026:10.1039/d5qi02269j,
author = {Sotelo-Vazquez, C and Wilson, R and Lee, R and Ling, M and Sathasivam, S and Palgrave, R and Blackman, CS and Parkin, IP and Iqbal, A and Kafizas, A and Quesada-Cabrera, R},
doi = {10.1039/d5qi02269j},
journal = {Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers},
title = {Quantification of the synergetic contribution of a buried WO <sub>3</sub> /TiO <sub>2</sub> heterojunction to photocatalytic activity},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5qi02269j},
year = {2026}
}
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TY - JOUR
AB - The tungsten trioxide/titanium dioxide (WO3/TiO2) heterojunction is archetypical in photocatalysis, with demonstrated synergetic properties despite some controversy around the predominant band model in these systems. The current work is a systematic study that quantified the synergetic contribution of the WO3/TiO2 heterojunction to the enhancement of photocatalytic activity over the contribution of the TiO2 coating in coreshell nanostructures. The films were produced from atomic layer deposition and chemical vapour deposition techniques and their photocatalytic activity was correlated with transient adsorption properties upon TiO2 coating thickness. The study allowed to identify an optimum thickness range within 21–40 nm, showing the greatest contribution of the heterojunction for a TiO2 thickness of 30 nm. The outputs of this research have strong implications to heterojunction materials design for practical applications.
AU - Sotelo-Vazquez,C
AU - Wilson,R
AU - Lee,R
AU - Ling,M
AU - Sathasivam,S
AU - Palgrave,R
AU - Blackman,CS
AU - Parkin,IP
AU - Iqbal,A
AU - Kafizas,A
AU - Quesada-Cabrera,R
DO - 10.1039/d5qi02269j
PY - 2026///
SN - 2052-1545
TI - Quantification of the synergetic contribution of a buried WO <sub>3</sub> /TiO <sub>2</sub> heterojunction to photocatalytic activity
T2 - Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5qi02269j
UR - https://doi.org/10.1039/d5qi02269j
ER -