Highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production of platinum nanoparticle-decorated SiC nanowires under simulated sunlight irradiation

Under the simulated sunlight irradiation, the platinum nanoparticle-decorated SiC nanowire photocatalyst shows an excellent photocatalytic activity with long lifetime over water splitting without any sacrificial agent, and its average H2 rate has been up to 4572 μL g−1 h−1.176