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Surface-assisted synthesis of biomass carbon-decorated polymer carbon nitride for efficient visible light photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.
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Journal of Colloid & Interface Science . Mar2023, Vol. 634, p1014-1023. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- [Display omitted] Template is frequently studied as a structure-directing agent to tune the nanomorphology of photocatalysts. However, the influences of template on the polymerization of precursors and compositions of the resulting samples are rarely considered. Herein, a biomass carbon-modified graphitic carbon nitride (CCNx) with a thin-layer morphology is synthesized via one-pot surface-assisted polymerization of melamine precursor on organic yeast. The formation of the hydrogen bond between melamine and yeast induces a strong interfacial confinement, giving rise to small-sized CCNx. In addition, the carbon materials derived from yeast dramatically broaden n → π* visible light harvesting, improve electron delocalization, and greatly enhance charge carrier separation. The optimized CCNx presents a much higher photocatalytic hydrogen production rate of 2704 μmol g-1h−1 under visible light irradiation (λ ≥ 420 nm), which is nearly 11-fold that of its pristine counterpart. This work realizes the synergistic effect between morphology tunning and composition tailoring by using biomass template, which shows a great potential in developing efficient metal-free photocatalysts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00219797
- Volume :
- 634
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Colloid & Interface Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 161278529
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2022.12.092