2D porous molybdenum nitride/cobalt nitride heterojunction nanosheets with interfacial electron redistribution for effective electrocatalytic overall water splitting

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Guo ◽  
Aiping Wu ◽  
Ying Xie ◽  
Haijing Yan ◽  
Dongxu Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transition Metal ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Molybdenum Nitride ◽  
Overall Water Splitting ◽  
Simultaneous Engineering

The binary transition metal-based nitrides are promising for overall water splitting. The morphology and heterojunction engineering are important to realize the effective catalysis, but simultaneous engineering of them remains a...

scholarly journals Integration of Bio-inspired lanthanide-transition metal cluster and P-doped carbon nitride for efficient photocatalytic overall water splitting

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rong Chen ◽  
Gui-Lin Zhuang ◽  
Zhi-Ye Wang ◽  
Yi-Jing Gao ◽  
Zhe Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transition Metal ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Water Oxidation ◽  
Transient Absorption ◽  
Metal Cluster ◽  
Photoexcited Electron ◽  
Ps Ii ◽  
Heterometallic Cluster ◽  
Overall Water Splitting ◽  
Oxygen Evolving

Abstract Photosynthesis in nature uses the Mn4CaO5 cluster as the oxygen-evolving center to catalyze the water oxidation efficiently in photosystem II (PS II). Herein, we demonstrate a bio-inspired heterometallic cluster LnCo3 (Ln = Nd, Eu and Ce) clusters, which can be viewed as synthetic analogs of CaMn4O5 cluster. Anchoring LnCo3 on phosphorus-doped graphitic carbon nitrides (PCN) shows efficient overall water splitting without any sacrificial reagents. The NdCo3/PCN-c photocatalyst exhibits excellent water splitting activity and a quantum efficiency of 2.0% at 350 nm. Ultrafast transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy revealed the transfer of photoexcited electron and hole into the PCN and LnCo3 for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions, respectively. DFT calculation showed the cooperative water activation on lanthanide and O-O bond formation on transition metal for water oxidation. This work not only prepares a synthetic model of bio-inspired oxygen-evolving center but also provides an effective strategy to realize light-driven overall water splitting.

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