近年来,基于BiVO_(4)光阳极的光电催化分解水技术引起人们的关注.我们通过水热-氨化法制备出Ni_(3)N纳米颗粒,首次将其作为助催化剂修饰到BiVO_(4)光阳极上光电催化分解水.实验表明, Ni_(3)N纳米颗粒成功负载到BiVO_(4)光阳极表面并可...近年来,基于BiVO_(4)光阳极的光电催化分解水技术引起人们的关注.我们通过水热-氨化法制备出Ni_(3)N纳米颗粒,首次将其作为助催化剂修饰到BiVO_(4)光阳极上光电催化分解水.实验表明, Ni_(3)N纳米颗粒成功负载到BiVO_(4)光阳极表面并可有效抑制表面电荷复合以及提高光电催化分解水性能.在1.23 V v. RHE处光电流密度可达3.23mA/cm^(2).此外, Ni_(3)N/BiVO_(4)光阳极的最大值ABPE值达0.88%,并呈现出良好的稳定性.展开更多
Photocatalytic H2 production via water splitting in a noble-metal-free photocatalytic system has attracted much attention in recent years.In this study,noble-metal-free Ni3N was used as an active cocatalyst to enhance...Photocatalytic H2 production via water splitting in a noble-metal-free photocatalytic system has attracted much attention in recent years.In this study,noble-metal-free Ni3N was used as an active cocatalyst to enhance the activity of g-C3N4 for photocatalytic H2 production under visible-light irradiation(λ>420 nm).The characterization results indicated that Ni3N nanoparticles were successfully loaded onto the g-C3N4,which accelerated the separation and transfer of photogenerated electrons and resulted in enhanced photocatalytic H2 evolution under visible-light irradiation.The hydrogen evolution rate reached^305.4μmol h^-1 g^-1,which is about three times higher than that of pristine g-C3N4,and the apparent quantum yield(AQY)was^0.45%atλ=420.Furthermore,the Ni3N/g-C3N4 photocatalyst showed no obvious decrease in the hydrogen production rate,even after five cycles under visible-light irradiation.Finally,a possible photocatalytic hydrogen evolution mechanism for the Ni3N/g-C3N4 system is proposed.展开更多
Photocatalytic hydrogen(H2)evolution is a promising approach for future sustainable energy utilization.However,it is still a great challenge to develop efficient and stable metal‐free photocatalysts with broadband so...Photocatalytic hydrogen(H2)evolution is a promising approach for future sustainable energy utilization.However,it is still a great challenge to develop efficient and stable metal‐free photocatalysts with broadband solar absorption in the visible region for H2 production.Metal‐free graphene quantum dot(GQD)is an emerging candidate for this purpose because of its good water‐solubility and tunable band gap.On the other hand,metal phosphides(Ni2P,Co2P,etc)have been demonstrated as novel noble‐metal‐free cocatalysts for water splitting,which can efficiently separate electron‐hole pairs and enhance the photocatalytic activities.Herein,we report for the first time on the use of OH‐functionalized GQDs(OH‐GQDs)photosensitizer coupled with Ni2P nanoparticles for photocatalytic H2 production withλ>420 nm light.The H2 production rate is^94 times higher than that of bare OH‐GQDs,which is even comparable to that of OH‐GQDs with 1.0 wt%Pt cocatalyst.This enhancement is probably due to the semiconductor‐cocatalyst interface interaction between Ni2P and OH‐GQDs to facilitate efficient charge transfer process.展开更多
Photocatalytic water splitting is an economical and sustainable pathway to use solar energy for large‐scale H2production.We report a highly efficient noble‐metal‐free photocatalyst formed by integrating amorphous N...Photocatalytic water splitting is an economical and sustainable pathway to use solar energy for large‐scale H2production.We report a highly efficient noble‐metal‐free photocatalyst formed by integrating amorphous NiS with a CdS nanorods(NRs)/ZnS heterojunction material for photocatalytic H2production in water under visible light irradiation(?>420nm).The results show that the photocatalytic H2production rate reaches an optimal value of up to574μmol·h–1after the loading of NiS,which is more than38times higher than the catalytic activity of pure CdS NRs.The average apparent quantum yield is^43.2%during5h of irradiation by monochromatic420nm light.The present study demonstrates the advantage of integration strategies to form not only semiconductor heterojunctions but also photocatalyst‐cocatalyst interfaces to enhance the catalytic activity for photocatalytic H2production.展开更多
Oxygen evolution reaction is one of the key processes in the promising renewable energy technique of electrocatalytic water splitting.Developing high ecient oxygen evolution reaction(OER)catalysts requires determinati...Oxygen evolution reaction is one of the key processes in the promising renewable energy technique of electrocatalytic water splitting.Developing high ecient oxygen evolution reaction(OER)catalysts requires determination of the optimal values of the descriptor parameters.Using spinel CoFe2O4 as the model catalyst,this work demonstrates that irradiation with pulsed UV laser can control the quantity of surface oxygen vacancy and thus modify the OER activity,in a volcano-shape evolution trend.This strategy sheds light on quantita-tively investigation of the relationship between surface cation valence,anion vacancy,and physicochemical properties of transition-metal-based compounds.展开更多
文摘近年来,基于BiVO_(4)光阳极的光电催化分解水技术引起人们的关注.我们通过水热-氨化法制备出Ni_(3)N纳米颗粒,首次将其作为助催化剂修饰到BiVO_(4)光阳极上光电催化分解水.实验表明, Ni_(3)N纳米颗粒成功负载到BiVO_(4)光阳极表面并可有效抑制表面电荷复合以及提高光电催化分解水性能.在1.23 V v. RHE处光电流密度可达3.23mA/cm^(2).此外, Ni_(3)N/BiVO_(4)光阳极的最大值ABPE值达0.88%,并呈现出良好的稳定性.
基金financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFA0402800)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51772285,21473170,51878004)+1 种基金the Natural Science Fund of of Anhui Province(1808085ME139)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities~~
文摘Photocatalytic H2 production via water splitting in a noble-metal-free photocatalytic system has attracted much attention in recent years.In this study,noble-metal-free Ni3N was used as an active cocatalyst to enhance the activity of g-C3N4 for photocatalytic H2 production under visible-light irradiation(λ>420 nm).The characterization results indicated that Ni3N nanoparticles were successfully loaded onto the g-C3N4,which accelerated the separation and transfer of photogenerated electrons and resulted in enhanced photocatalytic H2 evolution under visible-light irradiation.The hydrogen evolution rate reached^305.4μmol h^-1 g^-1,which is about three times higher than that of pristine g-C3N4,and the apparent quantum yield(AQY)was^0.45%atλ=420.Furthermore,the Ni3N/g-C3N4 photocatalyst showed no obvious decrease in the hydrogen production rate,even after five cycles under visible-light irradiation.Finally,a possible photocatalytic hydrogen evolution mechanism for the Ni3N/g-C3N4 system is proposed.
文摘Photocatalytic hydrogen(H2)evolution is a promising approach for future sustainable energy utilization.However,it is still a great challenge to develop efficient and stable metal‐free photocatalysts with broadband solar absorption in the visible region for H2 production.Metal‐free graphene quantum dot(GQD)is an emerging candidate for this purpose because of its good water‐solubility and tunable band gap.On the other hand,metal phosphides(Ni2P,Co2P,etc)have been demonstrated as novel noble‐metal‐free cocatalysts for water splitting,which can efficiently separate electron‐hole pairs and enhance the photocatalytic activities.Herein,we report for the first time on the use of OH‐functionalized GQDs(OH‐GQDs)photosensitizer coupled with Ni2P nanoparticles for photocatalytic H2 production withλ>420 nm light.The H2 production rate is^94 times higher than that of bare OH‐GQDs,which is even comparable to that of OH‐GQDs with 1.0 wt%Pt cocatalyst.This enhancement is probably due to the semiconductor‐cocatalyst interface interaction between Ni2P and OH‐GQDs to facilitate efficient charge transfer process.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFA0402800)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51772285,21473170)~~
文摘Photocatalytic water splitting is an economical and sustainable pathway to use solar energy for large‐scale H2production.We report a highly efficient noble‐metal‐free photocatalyst formed by integrating amorphous NiS with a CdS nanorods(NRs)/ZnS heterojunction material for photocatalytic H2production in water under visible light irradiation(?>420nm).The results show that the photocatalytic H2production rate reaches an optimal value of up to574μmol·h–1after the loading of NiS,which is more than38times higher than the catalytic activity of pure CdS NRs.The average apparent quantum yield is^43.2%during5h of irradiation by monochromatic420nm light.The present study demonstrates the advantage of integration strategies to form not only semiconductor heterojunctions but also photocatalyst‐cocatalyst interfaces to enhance the catalytic activity for photocatalytic H2production.
基金supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China (2016YFA0300102)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.11675179,No.U1532142,and No.11434009)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
文摘Oxygen evolution reaction is one of the key processes in the promising renewable energy technique of electrocatalytic water splitting.Developing high ecient oxygen evolution reaction(OER)catalysts requires determination of the optimal values of the descriptor parameters.Using spinel CoFe2O4 as the model catalyst,this work demonstrates that irradiation with pulsed UV laser can control the quantity of surface oxygen vacancy and thus modify the OER activity,in a volcano-shape evolution trend.This strategy sheds light on quantita-tively investigation of the relationship between surface cation valence,anion vacancy,and physicochemical properties of transition-metal-based compounds.