Carbon nitride(CN)has attracted intensive attention as a visible light photocatalyst,but the rapid recombination of photogenerated charge carriers limits its photocatalytic activity.Herein,we develop a new strategy to...Carbon nitride(CN)has attracted intensive attention as a visible light photocatalyst,but the rapid recombination of photogenerated charge carriers limits its photocatalytic activity.Herein,we develop a new strategy to construct both homojunction and ohmic junction into CN via selectively introducing metallized CN(MCN),which leads to rapid separation and transfer of photogenerated charge carriers.The polymerization of urea in the presence of KOH creates CN homojunction with amino and cyano groups.The subsequent molten salt treatment induces a new type of cyano-terminated CN that can be converted to MCN through photodoping,forming homojunction and ohmic contact coexisting CN(HOCN).The formed HOCN photocatalyst exhibits a high photocatalytic H_(2)evolution rate of 18.5 mmol·g^(-1)·h^(-1)under visible light irradiation,45-fold higher than that of bulk CN.This strategy provides a new idea for designing ohmic contact between semiconductor and metal,and realizing efficient photocatalysis by improving charge separation and transfer.展开更多
基金We thank the Recruitment Program of Global Experts,the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.62175033 and 61775040)the Hundred-Talent Project of Fujian,Fujian Science&Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information(No.2021ZZ126)+2 种基金Stiftelsen Olle Engkvist Byggmastare(No.SOEB-2015/167)Swedish Energy Agency(No.46641-1)The Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of The Ministry of Education at East China University of Science and Technology for the financial support.
文摘Carbon nitride(CN)has attracted intensive attention as a visible light photocatalyst,but the rapid recombination of photogenerated charge carriers limits its photocatalytic activity.Herein,we develop a new strategy to construct both homojunction and ohmic junction into CN via selectively introducing metallized CN(MCN),which leads to rapid separation and transfer of photogenerated charge carriers.The polymerization of urea in the presence of KOH creates CN homojunction with amino and cyano groups.The subsequent molten salt treatment induces a new type of cyano-terminated CN that can be converted to MCN through photodoping,forming homojunction and ohmic contact coexisting CN(HOCN).The formed HOCN photocatalyst exhibits a high photocatalytic H_(2)evolution rate of 18.5 mmol·g^(-1)·h^(-1)under visible light irradiation,45-fold higher than that of bulk CN.This strategy provides a new idea for designing ohmic contact between semiconductor and metal,and realizing efficient photocatalysis by improving charge separation and transfer.