Graphitic carbon nitride with nitrogen vacancies(NV-g-C_(3)N_(4))as a photocatalyst has been studied in solardriven energy conversion.However,expensive and rare noble metal co-catalysts such as Pt or Pd are required i...Graphitic carbon nitride with nitrogen vacancies(NV-g-C_(3)N_(4))as a photocatalyst has been studied in solardriven energy conversion.However,expensive and rare noble metal co-catalysts such as Pt or Pd are required in the photocatalytic H_(2)evolution.Consequently,the exploration of low-cost and high-performance co-catalysts to replace expensive and rare noble metals has received more and more attention.Herein,a novel hierarchical porous NiO anchored on NV-g-C_(3)N_(4)is successfully fabricated.The NV-g-C_(3)N_(4)/NiO photocatalysts exhibited outstanding H_(2)evolution rate under visible light irradiation in absence of noble metal cocatalysts.The optimized NV-g-C_(3)N_(4)/NiO(the mass ratio of NiO is*1.7%)achieved a maximum H2 evolution rate of 170.60 lmol·g^(-1)·h^(-1),exhibiting*8.3-fold enhancement as compared to that of NV-g-C3N4.NiO as co-catalyst provided more active sites for photocatalytic H2 evolution.Moreover,on the interface of NV-g-C_(3)N_(4)/NiO,an interface electric field is formed between NiO and host nitrogen-vacated g-C3N4,facilitating the transfer of the photogenerated electrons from NV-g-C_(3)N_(4)to NiO co-catalyst,resulting in significantly promoted migration and separation efficiency of the photogenerated charge carriers.展开更多
基金This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22075072 and 52003079)Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(No.2019CFB568).
文摘Graphitic carbon nitride with nitrogen vacancies(NV-g-C_(3)N_(4))as a photocatalyst has been studied in solardriven energy conversion.However,expensive and rare noble metal co-catalysts such as Pt or Pd are required in the photocatalytic H_(2)evolution.Consequently,the exploration of low-cost and high-performance co-catalysts to replace expensive and rare noble metals has received more and more attention.Herein,a novel hierarchical porous NiO anchored on NV-g-C_(3)N_(4)is successfully fabricated.The NV-g-C_(3)N_(4)/NiO photocatalysts exhibited outstanding H_(2)evolution rate under visible light irradiation in absence of noble metal cocatalysts.The optimized NV-g-C_(3)N_(4)/NiO(the mass ratio of NiO is*1.7%)achieved a maximum H2 evolution rate of 170.60 lmol·g^(-1)·h^(-1),exhibiting*8.3-fold enhancement as compared to that of NV-g-C3N4.NiO as co-catalyst provided more active sites for photocatalytic H2 evolution.Moreover,on the interface of NV-g-C_(3)N_(4)/NiO,an interface electric field is formed between NiO and host nitrogen-vacated g-C3N4,facilitating the transfer of the photogenerated electrons from NV-g-C_(3)N_(4)to NiO co-catalyst,resulting in significantly promoted migration and separation efficiency of the photogenerated charge carriers.
