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Zhao G, Liu G, Pang H, Liu H, Zhang H, Chang K, Meng X, Wang X, Ye J. Improved Photocatalytic H 2 Evolution over G-Carbon Nitride with Enhanced In-Plane Ordering. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2016; 12:6160-6166. [PMID: 27717207 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201602136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Revised: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A series of rod-like porous graphitic-carbon nitrides (short as CNs) with enhanced in-plane ordering have been fabricated through self-assembled heptazine hydrate precursors for the first time. By controlling the calcination of the preformed precursors with different temperature-rising rates, the resulted CNs (SAHEP-CNs-1) with the most ordered and least stacked graphitic planar are showing a tremendously improved hydrogen evolution rate of 420 μmol h-1 under visible light and a remarkable apparent quantum efficiency of 8.9% at 420 nm, which is among the highest values for C3 N4 -related photocatalysts in the literature. This work discloses that enhancing in-plane ordering is one critical factor for improving the photocatalytic H2 evolution of carbon nitride, which is an effective solution to prolong the lifetime of charge carriers by accelerating the charge transport and separation within the graphitic planar. This finding would present a facial strategy for the designing of efficient organic semiconductors for photocatalysis.
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- Guixia Zhao
- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
- Graduate School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0814, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
- Graduate School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0814, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
- Graduate School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0814, Japan
- TU-NIMS Joint Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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Mesch MB, Bärwinkel K, Krysiak Y, Martineau C, Taulelle F, Neder RB, Kolb U, Senker J. Solving the Hydrogen and Lithium Substructure of Poly(triazine imide)/LiCl Using NMR Crystallography. Chemistry 2016; 22:16878-16890. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201603726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Maria B. Mesch
- Inorganic Chemistry III; University of Bayreuth; 95447 Bayreuth Germany
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- Inorganic Chemistry III; University of Bayreuth; 95447 Bayreuth Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry; Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz; Jakob-Welder-Weg 11 55128 Mainz Germany
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- Tectospin; Institut Lavoisier de Versailles (ILV), UMR CNRS 8180; Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines; 45 Avenue des Etats-Unis 78035 Versailles cedex France
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- Tectospin; Institut Lavoisier de Versailles (ILV), UMR CNRS 8180; Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines; 45 Avenue des Etats-Unis 78035 Versailles cedex France
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- Lehrstuhl für Kristallographie und Strukturphysik; Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg; Staudtstr. 3 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry; Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz; Jakob-Welder-Weg 11 55128 Mainz Germany
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- Inorganic Chemistry III; University of Bayreuth; 95447 Bayreuth Germany
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Bhandary N, Singh AP, Kumar S, Ingole PP, Thakur GS, Ganguli AK, Basu S. In Situ Solid-State Synthesis of a AgNi/g-C 3 N 4 Nanocomposite for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical and Photocatalytic Activity. CHEMSUSCHEM 2016; 9:2816-2823. [PMID: 27628430 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201600740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Revised: 07/17/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3 N4 ) polymer matrix was embedded with AgNi alloy nanoparticles using a simple and direct in situ solid-state heat treatment method to develop a novel AgNi/g-C3 N4 photocatalyst. The characterization confirms that the AgNi alloy particles are homogeneously distributed throughout the g-C3 N4 matrix. The catalyst shows excellent photoelectrochemical activity for water splitting with a maximum photocurrent density of 1.2 mA cm-2 , which is the highest reported for doped g-C3 N4 . Furthermore, a detailed experimental study of the photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) dye using doped g-C3 N4 showed the highest reported degradation efficiency of approximately 95 % after 90 min. The electronic conductivity increased upon incorporation of AgNi alloy nanoparticles on g-C3 N4 and the material showed efficient charge carrier separation and transfer characteristics, which are responsible for the enhanced photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic performance under visible light.
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- Nimai Bhandary
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi-, 110016, India
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi-, 110016, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi-, 110016, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi-, 110016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi-, 110016, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi-, 110016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi-, 110016, India
- Institute of Nano Science & Technology, Mohali, Punjab-, 160062, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi-, 110016, India.
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Wang L, Fernández-Terán R, Zhang L, Fernandes DLA, Tian L, Chen H, Tian H. Organic Polymer Dots as Photocatalysts for Visible Light-Driven Hydrogen Generation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:12306-10. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201607018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Revised: 08/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Lei Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory; Physical Chemistry; Uppsala University; 751 20 Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory; Physical Chemistry; Uppsala University; 751 20 Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory; Physical Chemistry; Uppsala University; 751 20 Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory; Physical Chemistry; Uppsala University; 751 20 Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory; Physical Chemistry; Uppsala University; 751 20 Uppsala Sweden
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- Berzelii Center EXSELENT on Porous Materials and Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry; Stockholm University; 106 91 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory; Physical Chemistry; Uppsala University; 751 20 Uppsala Sweden
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Wang L, Fernández-Terán R, Zhang L, Fernandes DLA, Tian L, Chen H, Tian H. Organic Polymer Dots as Photocatalysts for Visible Light-Driven Hydrogen Generation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201607018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Lei Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory; Physical Chemistry; Uppsala University; 751 20 Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory; Physical Chemistry; Uppsala University; 751 20 Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory; Physical Chemistry; Uppsala University; 751 20 Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory; Physical Chemistry; Uppsala University; 751 20 Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory; Physical Chemistry; Uppsala University; 751 20 Uppsala Sweden
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- Berzelii Center EXSELENT on Porous Materials and Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry; Stockholm University; 106 91 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory; Physical Chemistry; Uppsala University; 751 20 Uppsala Sweden
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Liu D, Wang J, Bai X, Zong R, Zhu Y. Self-Assembled PDINH Supramolecular System for Photocatalysis under Visible Light. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2016; 28:7284-7290. [PMID: 27311128 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201601168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2016] [Revised: 04/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A self-assembled perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic diimide(PDINH) supramolecular system consisting of all-organic PDINH molecule building blocks through non-covalent interactions works as a visible light photocatalyst with high activity.
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- Di Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Academy of State Administration of Grain, 100037, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Regional Environmental Quality, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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Modak A, Yamanaka KI, Goto Y, Inagaki S. Photocatalytic H2Evolution by Pt-Loaded 9,9′-Spirobifluorene-Based Conjugated Microporous Polymers under Visible-Light Irradiation. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2016. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20160105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Rational design of carbon nitride photocatalysts by identification of cyanamide defects as catalytically relevant sites. Nat Commun 2016; 7:12165. [PMID: 27387536 PMCID: PMC4941108 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 272] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2015] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The heptazine-based polymer melon (also known as graphitic carbon nitride, g-C3N4) is a promising photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution. Nonetheless, attempts to improve its inherently low activity are rarely based on rational approaches because of a lack of fundamental understanding of its mechanistic operation. Here we employ molecular heptazine-based model catalysts to identify the cyanamide moiety as a photocatalytically relevant ‘defect'. We exploit this knowledge for the rational design of a carbon nitride polymer populated with cyanamide groups, yielding a material with 12 and 16 times the hydrogen evolution rate and apparent quantum efficiency (400 nm), respectively, compared with the unmodified melon. Computational modelling and material characterization suggest that this moiety improves coordination (and, in turn, charge transfer kinetics) to the platinum co-catalyst and enhances the separation of the photogenerated charge carriers. The demonstrated knowledge transfer for rational catalyst design presented here provides the conceptual framework for engineering high-performance heptazine-based photocatalysts. Graphitic carbon nitride is a promising hydrogen evolution photocatalyst, although there is limited understanding of its mechanistic operation. Here, the authors employ molecular heptazine-based model catalysts to identify catalytically relevant defects and to rationally design a highly active carbon nitride photocatalyst.
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Ong WJ, Tan LL, Ng YH, Yong ST, Chai SP. Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C3N4)-Based Photocatalysts for Artificial Photosynthesis and Environmental Remediation: Are We a Step Closer To Achieving Sustainability? Chem Rev 2016; 116:7159-329. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4328] [Impact Index Per Article: 541.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Wee-Jun Ong
- Multidisciplinary
Platform of Advanced Engineering, Chemical Engineering Discipline,
School of Engineering, Monash University, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Selangor, Malaysia
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- Multidisciplinary
Platform of Advanced Engineering, Chemical Engineering Discipline,
School of Engineering, Monash University, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Selangor, Malaysia
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- Particles
and Catalysis Research Group (PARTCAT), School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- Multidisciplinary
Platform of Advanced Engineering, Chemical Engineering Discipline,
School of Engineering, Monash University, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Selangor, Malaysia
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- Multidisciplinary
Platform of Advanced Engineering, Chemical Engineering Discipline,
School of Engineering, Monash University, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Selangor, Malaysia
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Zhao Z, Ge G, Li W, Guo X, Wang G. Modulating the microstructure and surface chemistry of carbocatalysts for oxidative and direct dehydrogenation: A review. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(15)61065-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Xie J, Zhao CE, Lin ZQ, Gu PY, Zhang Q. Nanostructured Conjugated Polymers for Energy-Related Applications beyond Solar Cells. Chem Asian J 2016; 11:1489-511. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201600293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Jian Xie
- School of Materials Science and Engineering; Nanyang Technological University (Singapore); 639798 Singapore Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering; Nanyang Technological University (Singapore); 639798 Singapore Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering; Nanyang Technological University (Singapore); 639798 Singapore Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering; Nanyang Technological University (Singapore); 639798 Singapore Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering; Nanyang Technological University (Singapore); 639798 Singapore Singapore
- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry; School of Physical and Mathematics Science; Nanyang Technological University (Singapore); 637371 Singapore Singapore
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Guiglion P, Berardo E, Butchosa C, Wobbe MCC, Zwijnenburg MA. Modelling materials for solar fuel synthesis by artificial photosynthesis; predicting the optical, electronic and redox properties of photocatalysts. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2016; 28:074001. [PMID: 26808228 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/28/7/074001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In this mini-review, we discuss what insight computational modelling can provide into the working of photocatalysts for solar fuel synthesis and how calculations can be used to screen for new promising materials for photocatalytic water splitting and carbon dioxide reduction. We will extensively discuss the different relevant (material) properties and the computational approaches (DFT, TD-DFT, GW/BSE) available to model them. We illustrate this with examples from the literature, focussing on polymeric and nanoparticle photocatalysts. We finish with a perspective on the outstanding conceptual and computational challenges.
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- Pierre Guiglion
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK
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Zhang Y, Zhang H, Cheng L, Wang Y, Miao Y, Ding G, Jiao Z. Two physical strategies to reinforce a nonmetallic photocatalyst, g-C3N4: vacuum heating and electron beam irradiation. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra22732a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Herein, we demonstrated two physical strategies, namely, vacuum heating and electron beam irradiation, to reinforce a nonmetallic photocatalyst, g-C3N4.
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- Yunlong Zhang
- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai
- P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai
- P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai
- P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai
- P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai
- P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai
- P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai
- P. R. China
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Segura JL, Mancheño MJ, Zamora F. Covalent organic frameworks based on Schiff-base chemistry: synthesis, properties and potential applications. Chem Soc Rev 2016; 45:5635-5671. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cs00878f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 790] [Impact Index Per Article: 98.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Covalent organic-frameworks (COFs) are an emerging class of porous and ordered materials formed by condensation reactions of organic molecules.
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- José L. Segura
- Departamento de Química Orgánica
- Facultad de Química
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica
- Facultad de Química
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFMAC)
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA Nanociencia)
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Srinivasu K, Modak B, Ghosh SK. Improving the photocatalytic activity of s-triazine based graphitic carbon nitride through metal decoration: an ab initio investigation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:26466-26474. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp03126a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Through density functional theory calculations, we attempted to tune the electronic band structure of poly s-triazine based graphitic carbon nitride by decorating it with different metal atoms and clusters for improving its photocatalytic activity towards solar water splitting.
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- K. Srinivasu
- Theoretical Chemistry Section
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and Homi Bhabha National Institute
- Mumbai
- India
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- Theoretical Chemistry Section
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and Homi Bhabha National Institute
- Mumbai
- India
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- Theoretical Chemistry Section
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and Homi Bhabha National Institute
- Mumbai
- India
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Zhang H, Liu F, Mou Z, Liu X, Sun J, Lei W. A facile one-step synthesis of ZnO quantum dots modified poly(triazine imide) nanosheets for enhanced hydrogen evolution under visible light. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:13020-13023. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cc06970c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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PTI/ZnO-QDs, a novel heterostructured photocatalyst, has been synthesized via a “one-pot” protocol, and exhibits significantly enhanced photocatalytic activity.
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- Hui Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering
- Jiangsu University of Technology
- Changzhou 213001
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering
- Jiangsu University of Technology
- Changzhou 213001
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering
- Jiangsu University of Technology
- Changzhou 213001
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310027
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering
- Jiangsu University of Technology
- Changzhou 213001
- P. R. China
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- Institute for Frontier Materials
- Deakin University
- Waurn Ponds
- Australia
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Zhang Y, Hu L, Zhu C, Liu J, Huang H, Liu Y, Kang Z. Air activation by a metal-free photocatalyst for “totally-green” hydrocarbon selective oxidation. Catal Sci Technol 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cy01066k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We demonstrate that polytriazine imide (PTI) is an efficient photocatalyst for cyclohexane selective oxidation using air and water without any other oxidants, initiators and solvents.
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- Yalin Zhang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
- PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
- PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
- PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
- PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
- PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
- PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
- PR China
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Guiglion P, Butchosa C, Zwijnenburg MA. Polymer Photocatalysts for Water Splitting: Insights from Computational Modeling. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201500432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Pierre Guiglion
- Department of Chemistry University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK
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Sprick RS, Bonillo B, Clowes R, Guiglion P, Brownbill NJ, Slater BJ, Blanc F, Zwijnenburg MA, Adams DJ, Cooper AI. Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution Using Planarized Conjugated Polymer Photocatalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 55:1792-6. [PMID: 26696450 PMCID: PMC4755226 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201510542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Linear poly(p‐phenylene)s are modestly active UV photocatalysts for hydrogen production in the presence of a sacrificial electron donor. Introduction of planarized fluorene, carbazole, dibenzo[b,d]thiophene or dibenzo[b,d]thiophene sulfone units greatly enhances the H2 evolution rate. The most active dibenzo[b,d]thiophene sulfone co‐polymer has a UV photocatalytic activity that rivals TiO2, but is much more active under visible light. The dibenzo[b,d]thiophene sulfone co‐polymer has an apparent quantum yield of 2.3 % at 420 nm, as compared to 0.1 % for platinized commercial pristine carbon nitride.
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- Reiner Sebastian Sprick
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.,Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.
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Sprick RS, Bonillo B, Clowes R, Guiglion P, Brownbill NJ, Slater BJ, Blanc F, Zwijnenburg MA, Adams DJ, Cooper AI. Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution Using Planarized Conjugated Polymer Photocatalysts. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 128:1824-1828. [PMID: 27478279 PMCID: PMC4950146 DOI: 10.1002/ange.201510542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Linear poly(p‐phenylene)s are modestly active UV photocatalysts for hydrogen production in the presence of a sacrificial electron donor. Introduction of planarized fluorene, carbazole, dibenzo[b,d]thiophene or dibenzo[b,d]thiophene sulfone units greatly enhances the H2 evolution rate. The most active dibenzo[b,d]thiophene sulfone co‐polymer has a UV photocatalytic activity that rivals TiO2, but is much more active under visible light. The dibenzo[b,d]thiophene sulfone co‐polymer has an apparent quantum yield of 2.3 % at 420 nm, as compared to 0.1 % for platinized commercial pristine carbon nitride.
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- Reiner Sebastian Sprick
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery University of Liverpool Crown Street Liverpool L69 7ZD UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery University of Liverpool Crown Street Liverpool L69 7ZD UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery University of Liverpool Crown Street Liverpool L69 7ZD UK
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- Department of Chemistry University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery University of Liverpool Crown Street Liverpool L69 7ZD UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery University of Liverpool Crown Street Liverpool L69 7ZD UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery University of Liverpool Crown Street Liverpool L69 7ZD UK; Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy University of Liverpool Crown Street Liverpool L69 7ZD UK
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- Department of Chemistry University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery University of Liverpool Crown Street Liverpool L69 7ZD UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery University of Liverpool Crown Street Liverpool L69 7ZD UK
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Zheng Y, Lin L, Wang B, Wang X. Polymeres graphitisches Kohlenstoffnitrid für die nachhaltige Photoredoxkatalyse. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201501788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Zheng Y, Lin L, Wang B, Wang X. Graphitic Carbon Nitride Polymers toward Sustainable Photoredox Catalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:12868-84. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201501788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1044] [Impact Index Per Article: 116.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yun Zheng
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002 (China) http://wanglab.fzu.edu.cn
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002 (China) http://wanglab.fzu.edu.cn
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002 (China) http://wanglab.fzu.edu.cn
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002 (China) http://wanglab.fzu.edu.cn
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A tunable azine covalent organic framework platform for visible light-induced hydrogen generation. Nat Commun 2015; 6:8508. [PMID: 26419805 PMCID: PMC4598847 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 602] [Impact Index Per Article: 66.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Accepted: 08/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Hydrogen evolution from photocatalytic reduction of water holds promise as a sustainable source of carbon-free energy. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) present an interesting new class of photoactive materials, which combine three key features relevant to the photocatalytic process, namely crystallinity, porosity and tunability. Here we synthesize a series of water- and photostable 2D azine-linked COFs from hydrazine and triphenylarene aldehydes with varying number of nitrogen atoms. The electronic and steric variations in the precursors are transferred to the resulting frameworks, thus leading to a progressively enhanced light-induced hydrogen evolution with increasing nitrogen content in the frameworks. Our results demonstrate that by the rational design of COFs on a molecular level, it is possible to precisely adjust their structural and optoelectronic properties, thus resulting in enhanced photocatalytic activities. This is expected to spur further interest in these photofunctional frameworks where rational supramolecular engineering may lead to new material applications. Production of hydrogen via the photocatalytic reduction of water is an attractive source of energy, but the catalysts are often expensive and possess little room for modification. Here, the authors show that covalent organic frameworks can be tuned for optimal photocatalytic performance.
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Bi J, Fang W, Li L, Wang J, Liang S, He Y, Liu M, Wu L. Covalent Triazine-Based Frameworks as Visible Light Photocatalysts for the Splitting of Water. Macromol Rapid Commun 2015; 36:1799-805. [PMID: 26292975 DOI: 10.1002/marc.201500270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Revised: 06/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Covalent triazine-based frameworks (CTFs) with a graphene-like layered morphology have been controllably synthesized by the trifluoromethanesulfonic acid-catalyzed nitrile trimerization reactions at room temperature via selecting different monomers. Platinum nanoparticles are well dispersed in CTF-T1, which is ascribed to the synergistic effects of the coordination of triazine moieties and the nanoscale confinement effect of CTFs. CTF-T1 exhibits excellent photocatalytic activity and stability for H2 evolution in the presence of platinum under visible light irradiation (λ ≥ 420 nm). The activity and stability of CTF-T1 are comparable to those of g-C3 N4 . Importantly, as a result of the tailorable electronic and spatial structures of CTFs that can be achieved through the judicial selection of monomers, CTFs not only show great potential as organic semiconductor for photocatalysis but also may provide a molecular-level understanding of the inherent heterogeneous photocatalysis.
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- Jinhong Bi
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China.,Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Minhou, Fujian, 350108, P. R. China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Minhou, Fujian, 350108, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China.,Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Minhou, Fujian, 350108, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China.,Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Minhou, Fujian, 350108, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
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Fan X, Zhang L, Cheng R, Wang M, Li M, Zhou Y, Shi J. Construction of Graphitic C3N4-Based Intramolecular Donor–Acceptor Conjugated Copolymers for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. ACS Catal 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b01155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 244] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Xiangqian Fan
- State Key Laboratory of High
Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstruture, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, 1295 Ding-xi Road, Shanghai 200050, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of High
Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstruture, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, 1295 Ding-xi Road, Shanghai 200050, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of High
Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstruture, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, 1295 Ding-xi Road, Shanghai 200050, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of High
Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstruture, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, 1295 Ding-xi Road, Shanghai 200050, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of High
Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstruture, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, 1295 Ding-xi Road, Shanghai 200050, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of High
Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstruture, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, 1295 Ding-xi Road, Shanghai 200050, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of High
Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstruture, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, 1295 Ding-xi Road, Shanghai 200050, People’s Republic of China
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Chen Y, Lin B, Yu W, Yang Y, Bashir SM, Wang H, Takanabe K, Idriss H, Basset JM. Surface Functionalization of g-C3N4: Molecular-Level Design of Noble-Metal-Free Hydrogen Evolution Photocatalysts. Chemistry 2015; 21:10290-5. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201501742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Gou H, Yonke BL, Epshteyn A, Kim DY, Smith JS, Strobel TA. Pressure-induced polymerization of P(CN)3. J Chem Phys 2015; 142:194503. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4919640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- Huiyang Gou
- Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015, USA
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- NRC Postdoctoral Associate, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20375, USA
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- Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20375, USA
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- Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015, USA
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- High Pressure Collaborative Access Team, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015, USA
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Braml NE, Stegbauer L, Lotsch BV, Schnick W. Synthesis of Triazine-Based Materials by Functionalization with Alkynes. Chemistry 2015; 21:7866-73. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201405023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Zhao Z, Dai Y, Ge G, Wang G. Explosive Decomposition of a Melamine-Cyanuric Acid Supramolecular Assembly for Fabricating Defect-Rich Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes with Significantly Promoted Catalysis. Chemistry 2015; 21:8004-9. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201500316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Cao S, Low J, Yu J, Jaroniec M. Polymeric photocatalysts based on graphitic carbon nitride. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2015; 27:2150-76. [PMID: 25704586 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201500033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1360] [Impact Index Per Article: 151.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2014] [Revised: 12/13/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
Abstract
Semiconductor-based photocatalysis is considered to be an attractive way for solving the worldwide energy shortage and environmental pollution issues. Since the pioneering work in 2009 on graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) for visible-light photocatalytic water splitting, g-C3N4 -based photocatalysis has become a very hot research topic. This review summarizes the recent progress regarding the design and preparation of g-C3N4 -based photocatalysts, including the fabrication and nanostructure design of pristine g-C3N4 , bandgap engineering through atomic-level doping and molecular-level modification, and the preparation of g-C3N4 -based semiconductor composites. Also, the photo-catalytic applications of g-C3N4 -based photocatalysts in the fields of water splitting, CO2 reduction, pollutant degradation, organic syntheses, and bacterial disinfection are reviewed, with emphasis on photocatalysis promoted by carbon materials, non-noble-metal cocatalysts, and Z-scheme heterojunctions. Finally, the concluding remarks are presented and some perspectives regarding the future development of g-C3N4 -based photocatalysts are highlighted.
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- Shaowen Cao
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan, 430070, PR China
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Zhao Z, Dai Y, Ge G, Mao Q, Rong Z, Wang G. A Facile Approach to Fabricate an N-Doped Mesoporous Graphene/Nanodiamond Hybrid Nanocomposite with Synergistically Enhanced Catalysis. ChemCatChem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201500074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Sakaushi K, Antonietti M. Carbon- and Nitrogen-Based Porous Solids: A Recently Emerging Class of Materials. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2015. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20140317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Ken Sakaushi
- Colloid Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
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- Colloid Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
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Wang H, Zhang X, Xie J, Zhang J, Ma P, Pan B, Xie Y. Structural distortion in graphitic-C3N4 realizing an efficient photoreactivity. NANOSCALE 2015; 7:5152-6. [PMID: 25714047 DOI: 10.1039/c4nr07645a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Introducing structural distortion to semiconductors can dramatically modify their electronic structures, resulting in efficient separation of electron-hole pairs and achieving high photocatalytic activity of catalysts. Herein, we systematically studied the role that structural distortion played in the photocatalytic process by taking graphitic-C3N4 (g-C3N4) as an example, where the structural distortion can be introduced by elemental doping and heat treatment. Through the controllable structural distortion engineering, the photocatalytic activity of g-C3N4 can be significantly improved, which benefits from the effective separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs, showing intriguing structural distortion-dependent photocatalytic activity. This study not only offers a new insight into the in-depth understanding of the effect of structural distortion on the photoreactivity of catalysts, but also provides a new pathway for designing advanced photocatalysts.
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- Hui Wang
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China.
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Sprick RS, Jiang JX, Bonillo B, Ren S, Ratvijitvech T, Guiglion P, Zwijnenburg MA, Adams DJ, Cooper AI. Tunable Organic Photocatalysts for Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:3265-70. [DOI: 10.1021/ja511552k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 640] [Impact Index Per Article: 71.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Reiner Sebastian Sprick
- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, The University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, The University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
- School of Materials Science & Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062, PR China
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, The University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, The University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
- College
of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, The University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, The University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, The University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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Lau VWH, Mesch MB, Duppel V, Blum V, Senker J, Lotsch BV. Low-Molecular-Weight Carbon Nitrides for Solar Hydrogen Evolution. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:1064-72. [DOI: 10.1021/ja511802c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 272] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Vincent Wing-hei Lau
- Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Munich, Butenandtstraße 5-13, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry III, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße
30, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Munich, Butenandtstraße 5-13, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Center for Materials
Genomics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry III, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße
30, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Munich, Butenandtstraße 5-13, 81377 Munich, Germany
- Nanosystems Initiative
Munich (NIM) and Center for Nanoscience, Schellingstraße 4, 80799 Munich, Germany
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Zhao Z, Dai Y, Ge G, Guo X, Wang G. Increased active sites and their accessibility of a N-doped carbon nanotube carbocatalyst with remarkably enhanced catalytic performance in direct dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra08754f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
This work presents a facile, low-cost, but efficient strategy for synthesizing HN-CNTs with enlarged active sites and their accessibility to reactants for the direct dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene.
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- Zhongkui Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Department of Catalysis Chemistry and Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Department of Catalysis Chemistry and Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Department of Catalysis Chemistry and Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Department of Catalysis Chemistry and Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Department of Catalysis Chemistry and Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
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Zhao Z, Dai Y, Ge G. Nitrogen-doped nanotubes-decorated activated carbon-based hybrid nanoarchitecture as a superior catalyst for direct dehydrogenation. Catal Sci Technol 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cy01415d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nitrogen-doped activated carbon-based nanoarchitecture fabricated through a facile pyrolysis approach demonstrates enhanced catalysis in the oxidant- and steam-free dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene.
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- Zhongkui Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Department of Catalysis Chemistry and Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Department of Catalysis Chemistry and Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Department of Catalysis Chemistry and Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
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Yang M, Liu J, Zhang X, Qiao S, Huang H, Liu Y, Kang Z. C3N4-sensitized TiO2 nanotube arrays with enhanced visible-light photoelectrochemical performance. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:17887-93. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp01580d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A C3N4-sensitized TiO2 nanotube array-based photoanode was designed and fabricated via the in situ growth of C3N4 on the surface of TiO2 nanotube, which shows stable and significantly improved PEC activity for the hydrogen generation under visible light irradiation.
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- Manman Yang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
- P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
- P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
- P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
- P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
- P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
- P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
- P. R. China
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Dang X, Zhang X, Zhang W, Dong X, Wang G, Ma C, Zhang X, Ma H, Xue M. Ultra-thin C3N4 nanosheets for rapid charge transfer in the core–shell heterojunction of α-sulfur@C3N4 for superior metal-free photocatalysis under visible light. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra14623a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic ability is obtained by fabricating an α-S@C3N4 heterojunction with ultra-thin C3N4 nanosheet as the means of rapid charge transfer.
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- Xueming Dang
- School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering
- Dalian Polytechnic University
- Dalian
- China
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- School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering
- Dalian Polytechnic University
- Dalian
- China
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- School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering
- Dalian Polytechnic University
- Dalian
- China
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- School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering
- Dalian Polytechnic University
- Dalian
- China
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- School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering
- Dalian Polytechnic University
- Dalian
- China
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- School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering
- Dalian Polytechnic University
- Dalian
- China
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- School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering
- Dalian Polytechnic University
- Dalian
- China
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- School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering
- Dalian Polytechnic University
- Dalian
- China
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- School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering
- Dalian Polytechnic University
- Dalian
- China
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Caputo CA, Gross MA, Lau VW, Cavazza C, Lotsch BV, Reisner E. Photocatalytic hydrogen production using polymeric carbon nitride with a hydrogenase and a bioinspired synthetic Ni catalyst. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:11538-42. [PMID: 25205168 PMCID: PMC4497605 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201406811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2014] [Revised: 08/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Solar-light-driven H2 production in water with a [NiFeSe]-hydrogenase (H2ase) and a bioinspired synthetic nickel catalyst (NiP) in combination with a heptazine carbon nitride polymer, melon (CN(x)), is reported. The semibiological and purely synthetic systems show catalytic activity during solar light irradiation with turnover numbers (TONs) of more than 50,000 mol H2(mol H2ase)(-1) and approximately 155 mol H2 (mol NiP)(-1) in redox-mediator-free aqueous solution at pH 6 and 4.5, respectively. Both systems maintained a reduced photoactivity under UV-free solar light irradiation (λ>420 nm).
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- Christine A Caputo
- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable SynGas Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of CambridgeLensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW (UK)
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable SynGas Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of CambridgeLensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW (UK)
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable SynGas Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of CambridgeLensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW (UK)
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- CEA, CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, IBS71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38044 Grenoble (France)
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable SynGas Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of CambridgeLensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW (UK)
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable SynGas Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of CambridgeLensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW (UK)
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Li X, Masters AF, Maschmeyer T. Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Silica-Templated Polymeric Graphitic Carbon Nitride-Is the Surface Area Important? ChemCatChem 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201402567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Thote J, Aiyappa HB, Deshpande A, Díaz Díaz D, Kurungot S, Banerjee R. A Covalent Organic Framework-Cadmium Sulfide Hybrid as a Prototype Photocatalyst for Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Production. Chemistry 2014; 20:15961-5. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201403800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Caputo CA, Gross MA, Lau VW, Cavazza C, Lotsch BV, Reisner E. Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production using Polymeric Carbon Nitride with a Hydrogenase and a Bioinspired Synthetic Ni Catalyst. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 126:11722-11726. [PMID: 26300567 PMCID: PMC4535659 DOI: 10.1002/ange.201406811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2014] [Revised: 08/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Solar-light-driven H2 production in water with a [NiFeSe]-hydrogenase (H2ase) and a bioinspired synthetic nickel catalyst (NiP) in combination with a heptazine carbon nitride polymer, melon (CNx), is reported. The semibiological and purely synthetic systems show catalytic activity during solar light irradiation with turnover numbers (TONs) of more than 50 000 mol H2 (mol H2ase)−1 and approximately 155 mol H2 (mol NiP)−1 in redox-mediator-free aqueous solution at pH 6 and 4.5, respectively. Both systems maintained a reduced photoactivity under UV-free solar light irradiation (λ>420 nm).
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- Christine A Caputo
- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable SynGas Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW (UK) E-mail: Homepage: http://www-reisner.ch.cam.ac.uk/
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable SynGas Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW (UK) E-mail: Homepage: http://www-reisner.ch.cam.ac.uk/
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable SynGas Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW (UK) E-mail: Homepage: http://www-reisner.ch.cam.ac.uk/
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- CEA, CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes IBS, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38044 Grenoble (France)
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable SynGas Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW (UK) E-mail: Homepage: http://www-reisner.ch.cam.ac.uk/
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable SynGas Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW (UK) E-mail: Homepage: http://www-reisner.ch.cam.ac.uk/
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Martin DJ, Qiu K, Shevlin SA, Handoko AD, Chen X, Guo Z, Tang J. Highly efficient photocatalytic H₂ evolution from water using visible light and structure-controlled graphitic carbon nitride. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:9240-5. [PMID: 25045013 PMCID: PMC4257501 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201403375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 476] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Revised: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The major challenge of photocatalytic water splitting, the prototypical reaction for the direct production of hydrogen by using solar energy, is to develop low-cost yet highly efficient and stable semiconductor photocatalysts. Herein, an effective strategy for synthesizing extremely active graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) from a low-cost precursor, urea, is reported. The g-C3N4 exhibits an extraordinary hydrogen-evolution rate (ca. 20,000 μmol h(-1) g(-1) under full arc), which leads to a high turnover number (TON) of over 641 after 6 h. The reaction proceeds for more than 30 h without activity loss and results in an internal quantum yield of 26.5% under visible light, which is nearly an order of magnitude higher than that observed for any other existing g-C3N4 photocatalysts. Furthermore, it was found by experimental analysis and DFT calculations that as the degree of polymerization increases and the proton concentration decreases, the hydrogen-evolution rate is significantly enhanced.
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- David James Martin
- * D. J. Martin, Dr. A. D. Handoko, Dr. J. Tang, Solar Energy Group, Department of Chemical EngineeringUCL Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE (UK)
- K. Qiu, Dr. S. A. Shevlin, Prof. Z. Guo, Department of ChemistryUCL 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ (UK)
- Dr. X. Chen, Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales, Ingeniería
Metalúrgica y Qímica Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de
CáizPuerto Real (Cádiz) (Spain)
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- * D. J. Martin, Dr. A. D. Handoko, Dr. J. Tang, Solar Energy Group, Department of Chemical EngineeringUCL Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE (UK)
- K. Qiu, Dr. S. A. Shevlin, Prof. Z. Guo, Department of ChemistryUCL 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ (UK)
- Dr. X. Chen, Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales, Ingeniería
Metalúrgica y Qímica Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de
CáizPuerto Real (Cádiz) (Spain)
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- * D. J. Martin, Dr. A. D. Handoko, Dr. J. Tang, Solar Energy Group, Department of Chemical EngineeringUCL Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE (UK)
- K. Qiu, Dr. S. A. Shevlin, Prof. Z. Guo, Department of ChemistryUCL 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ (UK)
- Dr. X. Chen, Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales, Ingeniería
Metalúrgica y Qímica Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de
CáizPuerto Real (Cádiz) (Spain)
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- * D. J. Martin, Dr. A. D. Handoko, Dr. J. Tang, Solar Energy Group, Department of Chemical EngineeringUCL Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE (UK)
- K. Qiu, Dr. S. A. Shevlin, Prof. Z. Guo, Department of ChemistryUCL 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ (UK)
- Dr. X. Chen, Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales, Ingeniería
Metalúrgica y Qímica Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de
CáizPuerto Real (Cádiz) (Spain)
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- * D. J. Martin, Dr. A. D. Handoko, Dr. J. Tang, Solar Energy Group, Department of Chemical EngineeringUCL Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE (UK)
- K. Qiu, Dr. S. A. Shevlin, Prof. Z. Guo, Department of ChemistryUCL 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ (UK)
- Dr. X. Chen, Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales, Ingeniería
Metalúrgica y Qímica Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de
CáizPuerto Real (Cádiz) (Spain)
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- * D. J. Martin, Dr. A. D. Handoko, Dr. J. Tang, Solar Energy Group, Department of Chemical EngineeringUCL Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE (UK)
- K. Qiu, Dr. S. A. Shevlin, Prof. Z. Guo, Department of ChemistryUCL 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ (UK)
- Dr. X. Chen, Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales, Ingeniería
Metalúrgica y Qímica Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de
CáizPuerto Real (Cádiz) (Spain)
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Bhunia MK, Yamauchi K, Takanabe K. Harvesting Solar Light with Crystalline Carbon Nitrides for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:11001-5. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201405161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 255] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Bhunia MK, Yamauchi K, Takanabe K. Harvesting Solar Light with Crystalline Carbon Nitrides for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201405161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Tian N, Huang H, He Y, Guo Y, Zhang Y. Novel g-C3N4/BiIO4heterojunction photocatalysts: synthesis, characterization and enhanced visible-light-responsive photocatalytic activity. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra05917d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Martin DJ, Qiu K, Shevlin SA, Handoko AD, Chen X, Guo Z, Tang J. Highly Efficient Photocatalytic H2Evolution from Water using Visible Light and Structure-Controlled Graphitic Carbon Nitride. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201403375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)-based photocatalysts have attracted dramatically increasing interest in the area of visible-light-induced photocatalytic hydrogen generation due to the unique electronic band structure and high thermal and chemical stability of g-C3N4. This Perspective summarizes the recent significant advances on designing high-performance g-C3N4-based photocatalysts for hydrogen generation under visible-light irradiation. The rational strategies such as nanostructure design, band gap engineering, dye sensitization, and heterojunction construction are described. Finally, this Perspective highlights the ongoing challenges and opportunities for the future development of g-C3N4-based photocatalysts in the exciting research area.
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- Shaowen Cao
- †State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- †State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
- ‡Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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Stegbauer L, Schwinghammer K, Lotsch BV. A hydrazone-based covalent organic framework for photocatalytic hydrogen production. Chem Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4sc00016a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 666] [Impact Index Per Article: 66.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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