催化学报 ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (9): 2316-2320.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(21)64015-9

• 可再生燃料的光催化和光电催化合成专栏 • 上一篇    下一篇

可见光驱动改性氮化碳无牺牲剂光催化析氢

Shunta Nishiokaa, Kengo Shibataa, Yugo Misekib, Kazuhiro Sayamab, Kazuhiko Maedaa,*()   

  1. a东京工业大学理学院化学系, 日本
    b国家先进工业科学技术研究所, 全球零排放研究中心, 日本
  • 收稿日期:2021-11-18 接受日期:2022-01-01 出版日期:2022-09-18 发布日期:2022-07-20
  • 通讯作者: Kazuhiko Maeda

Visible-light-driven nonsacrificial hydrogen evolution by modified carbon nitride photocatalysts

Shunta Nishiokaa, Kengo Shibataa, Yugo Misekib, Kazuhiro Sayamab, Kazuhiko Maedaa,*()   

  1. aDepartment of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-NE-2 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
    bGlobal Zero Emission Research Center (GZR), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), West, 16-1, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan
  • Received:2021-11-18 Accepted:2022-01-01 Online:2022-09-18 Published:2022-07-20
  • Contact: Kazuhiko Maeda

摘要:

载铂石墨氮化碳(g-C3N4)是一种较好的可见光下催化析氢光催化剂. 但催化水裂解需要牺牲电子供体, 如三乙醇胺等. 目前, 无牺牲剂条件下g-C3N4的催化析氢仍是一个挑战. 本文通过尿素热处理制备了氮化碳纳米片(NS-C3N4), 并研究了其在可见光(λ > 400 nm)下利用可逆电子给体无牺牲剂条件下析氢的光催化活性. 在含有I-, Fe2+或[Fe(CN)6]4-的水溶液中, 负载铂的NS-C3N4上无H2产生, 用CrOx改性Pt/NS-C3N4的光催化剂上可观察到H2的析出. 透射电镜和能量色散X射线光谱结果表明, 在NS-C3N4上形成了Pt/CrOx核壳结构. 在[Fe(CN)6]3-/4-氧化还原介质存在下, CrOx/Pt/NS-C3N4与改性WO3光催化剂在可见光下共同催化水分解析氢.

关键词: 人工光合成, 太阳燃料, 水分解

Abstract:

Pt-loaded graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is known to be a good photocatalyst for H2 evolution under visible light. In most cases, however, sacrificial electron donors such as triethanolamine are required for the water-splitting operation, and nonsacrificial H2 evolution by g-C3N4 remains a challenge. In this work, we investigated the photocatalytic activities of carbon nitride nanosheet (NS-C3N4), which was prepared by thermal treatment of urea, for nonsacrificial H2 evolution using reversible electron donors under visible light (λ > 400 nm). Whereas Pt-loaded NS-C3N4 did not produce H2 from aqueous solutions containing I-, Fe2+, or [Fe(CN)6]4-, modification of the Pt/NS-C3N4 photocatalyst with CrOx led to observable H2 evolution. Transmission electron microscopy observations and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopic analysis suggested that a Pt-core/CrOx-shell structure was formed on the NS-C3N4. The CrOx/Pt/NS-C3N4 served as a H2-evolution photocatalyst for visible-light-driven Z-scheme overall water splitting, in combination with a modified WO3 photocatalyst, in the presence of a [Fe(CN)6]3-/4- redox mediator.

Key words: Artificial photosynthesis, Solar fuels, Water splitting