Surface Functionalization of g-C 3 N 4 : Molecular-Level Design of Noble-Metal-Free Hydrogen Evolution Photocatalysts

Yin Chen; Lin Bin; Weili Yu; Yong Yang; Shahid M. Bashir; Hong Wang; Kazuhiro Takanabe; Hicham Idriss; Jean-Marie Basset

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Surface Functionalization of g-C 3 N 4 : Molecular-Level Design of Noble-Metal-Free Hydrogen Evolution Photocatalysts

Yin Chen, Lin Bin, Weili Yu, Yong Yang, Shahid M. Bashir, Hong Wang, Kazuhiro Takanabe, Hicham Idriss, Jean-Marie Basset

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A stable noble-metal-free hydrogen evolution photocatalyst based on graphite carbon nitride (g-C3N4) was developed by a molecular-level design strategy. Surface functionalization was successfully conducted to introduce a single nickel active site onto the surface of the semiconducting g-C3N4. This catalyst family (with less than 0.1 wt% of Ni) has been found to produce hydrogen with a rate near to the value obtained by using 3 wt% platinum as co-catalyst. This new catalyst also exhibits very good stability under hydrogen evolution conditions, without any evidence of deactivation after 24h. © 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	10290-10295
Number of pages	6
Journal	Chemistry - A European Journal
Volume	21
Issue number	29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201501742
State	Published - Jun 12 2015

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