Light-induced surface defects in anodic TiO2 nanotubes as trapping centers for single Pt atoms, a co-catalyst for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Dataset of results presented in: "Light-induced surface defects in anodic TiO2 nanotubes as trapping centers for single Pt atoms, a co-catalyst for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution" in Journal of Materials Chemistry A, DOI: 10.1039/d5ta06032j, September 2025. Ewelina Szaniawska-Białas*a,b, Thorsten Schultzc,d, Amanda Opis-Basilioe, Dariusz Zasadaa, Norbert Kochc,d, Kallol Raye, Nicola Pinnaf, Ewa Wierzbicka*a,b a.Department of Functional Materials and Hydrogen Technology, Faculty of Advanced Technologies and Chemistry, Military University of Technology, 2 Kaliskiego St., 00908 Warsaw, Poland b.Institute of Applied Physics, Military University of Technology, 2 Kaliskiego St., 00908 Warsaw, Poland c. Institut für Physik and The Center for the Science of Materials Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstraße 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany d.Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1, 14109 Berlin, Germany e. Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany f. Department of Chemistry and The Center for the Science of Materials Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany E.S.B. would like to acknowledge the National Science Center, Poland (2023/07/X/ST11/00752), and E.W. the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange within the Polish Returns Programme (Project no BPN/PPO/2021/1/00002)), and the National Science Centre, Poland (Project no. 2022/01/1/ST5/00019) for financial support for this project. This work was also partially funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy─EXC 2008-390540038─UniSysCat to K.R. A.O.B. thanks Einstein Foundation Berlin (ESB)—Einstein Center of Catalysis (EC2) for their scholarship and support.