Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science, Technology of Ministry of Education and Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Energy Materials and Devices, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China.
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
Sci Rep. 2018 Nov 7;8(1):16504. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34287-w.
Due to low charge separation efficiency and poor stability, it is usually difficult for single-component photocatalysts such as graphitic carbon nitride (g-CN) and silver chromate (AgCrO) to fulfill photocatalytic hydrogen production efficiently. Z-scheme charge transport mechanism that mimics the photosynthesis in nature is an effective way to solve the above problems. Inspired by photosynthesis, we report AgCrO nanoparticles-decorated g-CN nanosheet as an efficient photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) with methanol as sacrificial agent. The formation of Z-scheme g-CN/AgCrO nanosheets photocatalysts could inhibit the recombination of photogenerated electron-hole pairs, promote the generation of hydrogen by photosplitting of water. The experiment results indicate that g-CN/AgCrO nanocomposites present enhanced photocatalytic activity and stability in the H evolution of water splitting. And the nanocomposites g-CN/AgCrO(23.1%) show the 14 times HER efficiency compared to that of bare g-CN.
由于电荷分离效率低和稳定性差,石墨相氮化碳(g-CN)和铬酸银(AgCrO)等单一成分光催化剂通常难以高效地进行光催化产氢。模拟自然界光合作用的 Z 型电荷传输机制是解决上述问题的有效途径。受光合作用的启发,我们报告了 AgCrO 纳米颗粒修饰的 g-CN 纳米片作为一种高效的光催化剂,用于甲醇作为牺牲剂的析氢反应(HER)。Z 型 g-CN/AgCrO 纳米片光催化剂的形成可以抑制光生电子-空穴对的复合,促进水的光解产生氢气。实验结果表明,g-CN/AgCrO 纳米复合材料在水分解的 H 演化中表现出增强的光催化活性和稳定性。并且与裸 g-CN 相比,g-CN/AgCrO(23.1%)复合材料的 HER 效率提高了 14 倍。