Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution of NiCoP/g-C3 N4 with Improved Separation Efficiency and Charge Transfer Efficiency

ChemSusChem ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 276-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingling Bi ◽  
Xupeng Gao ◽  
Lijing Zhang ◽  
Dejun Wang ◽  
Xiaoxin Zou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Separation Efficiency ◽  
Transfer Efficiency ◽  
Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

scholarly journals Band Engineering and Morphology Control of Oxygen-Incorporated Graphitic Carbon Nitride Porous Nanosheets for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunyan Wu ◽  
Pan Xiong ◽  
Jianchun Wu ◽  
Zengliang Huang ◽  
Jingwen Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Area ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Carbon Nitride ◽  
Separation Efficiency ◽  
Physical Adsorption ◽  
Graphitic Carbon ◽  
Graphitic Carbon Nitride ◽  
Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Band Engineering ◽  
Highly Efficient

AbstractGraphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)-based photocatalysts have shown great potential in the splitting of water. However, the intrinsic drawbacks of g-C3N4, such as low surface area, poor diffusion, and charge separation efficiency, remain as the bottleneck to achieve highly efficient hydrogen evolution. Here, a hollow oxygen-incorporated g-C3N4 nanosheet (OCN) with an improved surface area of 148.5 m2 g−1 is fabricated by the multiple thermal treatments under the N2/O2 atmosphere, wherein the C–O bonds are formed through two ways of physical adsorption and doping. The physical characterization and theoretical calculation indicate that the O-adsorption can promote the generation of defects, leading to the formation of hollow morphology, while the O-doping results in reduced band gap of g-C3N4. The optimized OCN shows an excellent photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity of 3519.6 μmol g−1 h−1 for ~ 20 h, which is over four times higher than that of g-C3N4 (850.1 μmol g−1 h−1) and outperforms most of the reported g-C3N4 catalysts.

scholarly journals Conjugated Polymer Donor-Molecular Acceptor Nanohybrids for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haofan Yang ◽  
Xiaobo Li ◽  
Reiner Sebastian Sprick ◽  
Andrew I. Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Conjugated Polymers ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Conjugated Polymer ◽  
Apparent Quantum Yield ◽  
High Hydrogen ◽  
Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Efficient Charge ◽  
Donor Acceptor

A library of 237 organic binary/ternary nanohybrids consisting of conjugated polymers donors and both fullerene and non-fullerene molecular acceptors was prepared and screened for sacrificial photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. These donor-acceptor nanohybrids (DANHs) showed significantly enhanced hydrogen evolution rates compared with the parent donor or acceptor compounds. DANHs of <a></a><a>a polycarbazole</a>-based donor combined with a methanofullerene acceptor (PCDTBT/PC<sub>60</sub>BM) showed a high hydrogen evolution rate of 105.2 mmol g<sup>-1</sup> h<sup>-1</sup> under visible light (λ > 420 nm). This DANH photocatalyst produced 5.9 times more hydrogen than a sulfone-containing polymer (P10) under the same conditions, which is one of the most efficient organic photocatalysts reported so far. An apparent quantum yield of hydrogen evolution of 3.0 % at 595 nm was measured for this DANH. The photocatalytic activity of the DANHs, which in optimized cases reached 179.0 mmol g<sup>-1</sup> h<sup>-1</sup>, is attributed to efficient charge transfer at the polymer donor/molecular acceptor interface. We also show that ternary donor<sub>A</sub>-donor<sub>B</sub>-acceptor nanohybrids can give higher activities than binary donor-acceptor hybrids in some cases.

A hybrid of CdS/HCa2Nb3O10 ultrathin nanosheets for promoting photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (40) ◽  
pp. 13935-13942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinhua Xiong ◽  
Kaiqiang Jing ◽  
Junhua Zou ◽  
Shijing Liang ◽  
Ling Wu
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Interfacial Charge Transfer ◽  
Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Ultrathin Nanosheets ◽  
Interfacial Charge

A hybrid of CdS/HCa2Nb3O10 ultrathin nanosheets with a tough heterointerface was successfully fabricated. Efficient interfacial charge transfer from CdS to HCa2Nb3O10 nanosheets was achieved to realize the enhanced photocatalytic H2 evolution activity.

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