Owing to the exorbitant overpotential and serious carrier recombination of graphitic carbon nitride(gC_(3)N_(4)),noble metal(NM)is usually served as the H_(2)evolution co-catalyst.Although the NM(such as Pt)nanopartic...Owing to the exorbitant overpotential and serious carrier recombination of graphitic carbon nitride(gC_(3)N_(4)),noble metal(NM)is usually served as the H_(2)evolution co-catalyst.Although the NM(such as Pt)nanoparticles can reduce the H_(2)evolution overpotential,the weak van der Waals interaction between Pt and g-C_(3)N_(4)makes against the charge transfer.Herein,the solvothermal method is developed to achieve semi-chemical interaction between Pt and g-C_(3)N_(4)nanotube(Pt-CNNT)for fast charge transfer.Moreover,the generated in-plane homojunction of CNNT can accelerate charge separation and restrain recombination.Meanwhile,the metallic Pt is an excellent H_(2)evolution co-catalyst.Photo/electrochemical tests verify that the semi-chemical interaction can improve photogenerated charge separation and transferability of CNNT.As a result,the photocatalytic H_(2)evolution turnover frequency(TOF)of Pt-CNNT under visible light irradiation reaches up to 918 h^(-1),which is one of the highest in the g-C_(3)N_(4)-based photocatalysts.This work provides a new idea to improve the charge transfer for efficient photocatalytic H_(2)evolution.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51868050,51938007,51878325,51868052,52100186,52170082,and 52063024)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province(Nos.20202BAB213011 and 20181BBG78034)the Scientific Research Foundation of Nanchang Hangkong University(No.EA201902377)。
文摘Owing to the exorbitant overpotential and serious carrier recombination of graphitic carbon nitride(gC_(3)N_(4)),noble metal(NM)is usually served as the H_(2)evolution co-catalyst.Although the NM(such as Pt)nanoparticles can reduce the H_(2)evolution overpotential,the weak van der Waals interaction between Pt and g-C_(3)N_(4)makes against the charge transfer.Herein,the solvothermal method is developed to achieve semi-chemical interaction between Pt and g-C_(3)N_(4)nanotube(Pt-CNNT)for fast charge transfer.Moreover,the generated in-plane homojunction of CNNT can accelerate charge separation and restrain recombination.Meanwhile,the metallic Pt is an excellent H_(2)evolution co-catalyst.Photo/electrochemical tests verify that the semi-chemical interaction can improve photogenerated charge separation and transferability of CNNT.As a result,the photocatalytic H_(2)evolution turnover frequency(TOF)of Pt-CNNT under visible light irradiation reaches up to 918 h^(-1),which is one of the highest in the g-C_(3)N_(4)-based photocatalysts.This work provides a new idea to improve the charge transfer for efficient photocatalytic H_(2)evolution.
