scholarly journals Bottom-Up Enhancement of g-C3N4Photocatalytic H2Evolution Utilising Disordering Intermolecular Interactions of Precursor

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Lu Wang ◽  
Wen Qi Fang ◽  
Yu Hang Li ◽  
Pengfei Liu ◽  
Haimin Zhang ◽  
...  

Disordered intermolecular interaction carbon nitride precursor prepared by water-assisted grinding of dicyandiamide was used for synthesis of g-C3N4. The final sample possesses much looser structure and provides a broadening optical window for effective light harvesting and charge separation efficiency, which exhibits significantly improved H2evolution by photocatalytic water splitting. The bottom-up mechanochemistry method opens new vistas towards the potential applications of weak interactions in the photocatalysis field and may also stimulate novel ideas completely different from traditional ones for the design and optimization of photocatalysts.

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (22) ◽  
pp. 18335-18341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Wang ◽  
Lei Fang ◽  
Shaozheng Hu ◽  
Yanbo Pei ◽  
Wentao Ma

Transportation and transformation of photogenerated carriers during the photocatalytic process of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) are restricted by the low surface area and insufficient charge separation efficiency.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1161-1175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Liang ◽  
Cheng-Gang Niu ◽  
Hai Guo ◽  
Da-Wei Huang ◽  
Xiao-Ju Wen ◽  
...  

The self-assembly dual Z-scheme photocatalyst Ag@AgI/BiOI/g-C3N4 was successfully fabricated with high charge separation efficiency.


Nanophotonics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 2077-2088 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daixun Jiang ◽  
Xun Sun ◽  
Xilu Wu ◽  
Shuai Zhang ◽  
Xiaofei Qu ◽  
...  

AbstractThe strategy to improve the photocatalytic removal efficiencies towards organic pollutants is still a challenge for the novel Sillen–Aurivillius perovskite type Bi4NbO8Cl. Herein, we report carbon-supported TiO2/Bi4NbO8Cl (C-TiO2/Bi4NbO8Cl) heterostructures with enhanced charge separation efficiency, which were fabricated via molten-salt flux process. The carbon-supported TiO2 particles were derived from MXene Ti3C2 precursors, and attached on plate-like Bi4NbO8Cl, acting as electron-traps to achieve supressed recombination of photo-induced charges. The improved charge separation confers C-TiO2/Bi4NbO8Cl heterostructures superior photocatalytic performance with 53% higher than pristine Bi4NbO8Cl, towards rhodamine B removal with the help of photo-induced holes. Moreover, the C-TiO2/Bi4NbO8Cl heterostructures can be expanded to deal with other water contaminants, such as methyl orange, ciprofloxacin and 2,4-dichlorophenol with 44, 25 and 13% promotion, respectively, and thus the study offers a series of efficient photocatalysts for water purification.


RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (44) ◽  
pp. 27397-27404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiyi Cai ◽  
Shan Yu ◽  
Wenchao Wan ◽  
Wen Wen ◽  
Ying Zhou

ATiO3 were synthesized from TiO2 nanosheets dominated with {001} facets, PbTiO3 possesses the highest activity as a result of larger light response and higher charge separation efficiency.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Rettenmaier ◽  
Thomas Berger

Mesoporous films and electrodes were prepared from aqueous slurries of isolated anatase TiO2 nanoparticles. The resulting layers were annealed in air at temperatures 100°C ≤ T ≤ 450°C upon preservation of internal surface area, crystallite size and particle size. The impact of processing temperature on charge separation efficiency in nanoparticle electrodes was tracked via photocurrent measurements in the presence of methanol as a hole acceptor. Thermal annealing leads to an increase of the saturated photocurrent and thus of the charge separation efficiency at positive potentials. Furthermore, a shift of capacitive peaks in the cyclic voltammograms of the nanoparticle electrodes points to the modification of the energy of deep traps. Population of these traps triggers recombination possibly due to the action of local electrostatic fields attracting photogenerated holes. Consequently, photocurrents saturate at potentials, at which deep traps are mostly depopulated. Charge separation efficiency was furthermore investigated for nanoparticle films and was tracked via the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide. Our observations evidence an increase of charge separation efficiency upon thermal annealing. The effect of particle consolidation, which we associate with minute atomic rearrangements at particle/particle contacts, is attributed to the energetic modification of deep traps and corresponding modifications of charge transport and recombination, respectively.


2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (96) ◽  
pp. 17144-17147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fenfen Shi ◽  
Linlin Chen ◽  
Min Chen ◽  
Deli Jiang

Nanocarbon could be used as an electron mediator to construct a Z-scheme photocatalytic system with enhanced charge separation efficiency.


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