Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, P. R. China.
Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049, P.R. China.
J Am Chem Soc. 2017 Apr 5;139(13):4789-4796. doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b12976. Epub 2017 Mar 24.
Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) have demonstrated great promise in artificial photosynthesis. However, the ultrasmall size hinders its controllable and effective interaction with cocatalysts. To improve the poor interparticle electronic communication between free QD and cocatalyst, we design here a self-assembled architecture of nanoparticles, QDs and Pt nanoparticles, simply jointed together by molecular polyacrylate to greatly enhance the rate and efficiency of interfacial electron transfer (ET). The enhanced interparticle electronic communication is confirmed by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy and X-ray transient absorption. Taking advantage of the enhanced interparticle ET with a time scale of ∼65 ps, 5.0 mL of assembled CdSe/CdS QDs/cocatalysts solution produces 94 ± 1.5 mL (4183 ± 67 μmol) of molecular H in 8 h, giving rise to an internal quantum yield of ∼65% in the first 30 min and a total turnover number of >1.64 × 10 per Pt nanoparticle. This study demonstrates that self-assembly is a promising way to improve the sluggish kinetics of the interparticle ET process, which is the key step for advanced H photosynthesis.
胶体量子点 (QDs) 在人工光合作用中表现出巨大的潜力。然而,其超小尺寸阻碍了其与共催化剂的可控和有效相互作用。为了改善游离 QD 与共催化剂之间的颗粒间电子通信不良的问题,我们设计了一种纳米颗粒、QDs 和 Pt 纳米颗粒的自组装结构,通过分子聚丙烯酸简单地连接在一起,从而大大提高了界面电子转移 (ET) 的速率和效率。飞秒瞬态吸收光谱和 X 射线瞬态吸收证实了颗粒间电子通信的增强。利用增强的 ET 时间尺度约为 65 ps,5.0 毫升组装的 CdSe/CdS QDs/共催化剂溶液在 8 小时内产生 94 ± 1.5 毫升(4183 ± 67 μmol)的分子 H,在前 30 分钟内产生约 65%的内量子产率,每个 Pt 纳米颗粒的总周转数 >1.64×10。这项研究表明,自组装是提高颗粒间 ET 过程缓慢动力学的一种很有前途的方法,这是先进的 H 光合作用的关键步骤。
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