Layered Titanate HNdTiO Intercalated With -Butylamine: A New Highly Efficient Hybrid Photocatalyst for Hydrogen Production From Aqueous Solutions of Alcohols.

A layered perovskite-type oxide intercalated with -butylamine is reported as an efficient photocatalyst for hydrogen production from aqueous solutions of alcohols for the first time. The hybrid photocatalyst HNdTiO×BuNH was synthesized by solid-state ceramic method followed by protonation, intercalation of methylamine and subsequent substitution by -butylamine. The product was characterized by powder XRD, TGA, STA-MS, DRS, IR, and Raman spectroscopy, CHN analysis, SEM.