增大石墨相氮化碳层间距提升光催化制氢性能

石墨相氮化碳是一类非金属聚合物,其光催化特性,特别是在光催化水分解反应中的应用引起了广泛关注.目前,块体石墨相氮化碳的光催化性能主要受比表面积较大、光子利用率较低等因素的制约.前期大量研究主要采用异质元素掺杂、负载助催化剂、设计缺陷、构建异质结构等策略来进一步提升光催化性能.石墨相氮化碳具有二维层状的晶体结构,理论上其形貌和显微结构会对光催化性能有显著影响.因此,本文从调节材料本征结构这一角度,报道了一种调控石墨相氮化碳层间距的方法.将三聚氰胺和氯化铵混合后,通过微波快速加热,利用氯化铵分解过程中释放氨气这一特性,破坏石墨相氮化碳层间的范德华力,增大其层间距并成功获得了薄片状结构.同时,微波加热可以实现快速升温,有效避免了电炉加热煅烧时间较长导致前驱体挥发的问题.采用扫描电子显微镜、氮气等温吸脱附曲线、X射线衍射、红外光谱、紫外-可见吸收光谱、荧光光谱、光催化制氢和电化学测试等表征手段,研究了不同氯化铵含量对石墨相氮化碳层间距的作用以及调控层间距对光催化活性的影响.通过扫描电子显微镜观察,与三聚氰胺加热所得到的块状结构相比,适量的氯化铵(氯化铵质量比为11％)和三聚氰胺在微波快速加热处理后可以获得薄片状结构.氮气等温吸脱附曲线进一步证实了显微结构的变化,薄片状结构和块体结构相比BET比表面积提升了2.1倍.X射线衍射分析证实随着氯化铵含量的增加,(002)衍射峰位置左移,意味着层间距逐渐增大.红外光谱则没有明显的变化,说明氯化铵和三聚氰胺共烧并不会改变石墨相氮化碳的化学结构.光催化制氢测试发现,添加适量的氯化铵和三聚氰胺共烧可以明显提升光催化制氢性能.与块体材料(4.67μmol h?1)相比,层间距增大后光催化活性提升了约5倍(23.6μmol h?1).结合紫外-可见吸收光谱和电化学莫特肖特基测试,我们发现层间距增大后可以显著提升石墨相氮化碳的可见光吸收性质,减小带宽,并获得更为合适的能级结构.且样品的导电性能得到改善,有利于电荷传输,光生电子空穴对的分离效率进一步提升.以上结果说明调控石墨相氮化碳的层间距是一种简单有效提升催化剂光催化性能的手段.     

增大石墨相氮化碳层间距提升光催化制氢性能

石墨相氮化碳是一类非金属聚合物,其光催化特性,特别是在光催化水分解反应中的应用引起了广泛关注.目前,块体石墨相氮化碳的光催化性能主要受比表面积较大、光子利用率较低等因素的制约.前期大量研究主要采用异质元素掺杂、负载助催化剂、设计缺陷、构建异质结构等策略来进一步提升光催化性能.石墨相氮化碳具有二维层状的晶体结构,理论上其形貌和显微结构会对光催化性能有显著影响.因此,本文从调节材料本征结构这一角度,报道了一种调控石墨相氮化碳层间距的方法.将三聚氰胺和氯化铵混合后,通过微波快速加热,利用氯化铵分解过程中释放氨气这一特性,破坏石墨相氮化碳层间的范德华力,增大其层间距并成功获得了薄片状结构.同时,微波加热可以实现快速升温,有效避免了电炉加热煅烧时间较长导致前驱体挥发的问题.采用扫描电子显微镜、氮气等温吸脱附曲线、X射线衍射、红外光谱、紫外-可见吸收光谱、荧光光谱、光催化制氢和电化学测试等表征手段,研究了不同氯化铵含量对石墨相氮化碳层间距的作用以及调控层间距对光催化活性的影响.通过扫描电子显微镜观察,与三聚氰胺加热所得到的块状结构相比,适量的氯化铵(氯化铵质量比为11％)和三聚氰胺在微波快速加热处理后可以获得薄片状结构.氮气等温吸脱附曲线进一步证实了显微结构的变化,薄片状结构和块体结构相比BET比表面积提升了2.1倍.X射线衍射分析证实随着氯化铵含量的增加,(002)衍射峰位置左移,意味着层间距逐渐增大.红外光谱则没有明显的变化,说明氯化铵和三聚氰胺共烧并不会改变石墨相氮化碳的化学结构.光催化制氢测试发现,添加适量的氯化铵和三聚氰胺共烧可以明显提升光催化制氢性能.与块体材料(4.67μmol h?1)相比,层间距增大后光催化活性提升了约5倍(23.6μmol h?1).结合紫外-可见吸收光谱和电化学莫特肖特基测试,我们发现层间距增大后可以显著提升石墨相氮化碳的可见光吸收性质,减小带宽,并获得更为合适的能级结构.且样品的导电性能得到改善,有利于电荷传输,光生电子空穴对的分离效率进一步提升.以上结果说明调控石墨相氮化碳的层间距是一种简单有效提升催化剂光催化性能的手段.     

A nano-engineered graphene/carbon nitride hybrid for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

A metal-free photocatalytic hydrogen evolution system was successfully fabricated using heteroatom doped graphene materials as electron-transfer co-catalysts and carbon nitride as a semiconductor. The catalytic role of graphene is significantly dependent on the heteroatom dopant of the graphene, such as O, S, B, N doped/undoped graphene co-catalysts, and N-graphene shows the best catalytic hydrogen evolution rate.     

单分散Ni簇锚定在CN上用于高效光催化析氢

利用太阳光在常温常压下驱动光催化反应高效进行是解决人类面临的能源、环境问题从而实现绿色化学的理想方案之一.然而,兼顾效率、成本和稳定性的高性能光催化体系的研究依然存在巨大的挑战.石墨氮化碳(g-C3N4)基光催化剂由于高稳定性、无毒无害和适合的能带结构,在光催化制氢方面存在巨大潜力.然而,表面的慢反应速率导致了光生电子...     

前驱体改性法制备薄层多孔富氨基的石墨相氮化碳用于光催化降解RhB和光催化制氢

半导体光催化是一种利用半导体将太阳能转换为高能化学能的绿色技术,在可再生清洁能源生产和污染物修复领域有着巨大的应用前景.石墨相氮化碳(g-C3N4)作为一种环境友好的非金属半导体,因其制备工艺简单、来源丰富、热稳定性和化学稳定性好、可见光吸收范围及特殊的电子性能而受到广泛关注.但一般常用氮源前驱体如二氰二胺、三聚氰胺等...     

利用掺杂诱导的金属-N活性位点和带隙调控提升石墨相氮化碳的光催化产氢性能

由于石墨相氮化碳(g-C3N4)的独特结构和性质,特别是其具有合适的能带结构位置及可调控的晶体结构,被广泛应用于光催化产氢反应中.然而,纯相氮化碳具有较快的光生电荷复合速率,这使其光催化产氢活性较低.目前,利用非金属或过渡金属原子掺杂可有效提升电荷分离速度,从而提高光催化产氢活性.相比于非金属掺杂,g-C3N4的三嗪环...     

Soft-templating synthesis of mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride with enhanced photocatalytic H2 evolution under visible light

g-C(3)N(4) with worm-like pore and narrow pore size distribution was synthesized by using Pluronic P123 as soft-template. The worm-like porous g-C(3)N(4) not only possesses high BET surface area but also redshifts its absorbance edge up to 800 nm, and shows photocatalytic activity even when the irradiation light λ > 700 nm.     

Optimizing electronic structure and charge transport of sulfur/potassium co‐doped graphitic carbon nitride with efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance

Recently, graphitic carbon nitride (CN) has been widely investigated for solar energy conversion through water splitting, but its low photocatalytic activity needs to be further improved and optimized. Herein, S/K co‐doped CN photocatalysts have been fabricated by condensation of thiourea and dithiooxamide followed by post‐treatment in molten salt. As evidenced by XRD patterns and UV–vis DRS plots, the engineering crystalline and electronic structure of all as‐prepared samples have been explored through tailoring the mass ratio of thiourea and dithiooxamide as well as ratio of molten salt/the precursor. After optimization, the as‐prepared S/K co‐doped CN photocatalysts with needle‐like nanorods structure exhibit excellent hydrogen evolution rate of 1962.10 μmol^?1 g^?1 h^?1. While its photocatalytic activity is lower than that of pure CN by molten salt treatment (K‐doped CN) (2066.40 μmol^?1 g^?1 h^?1), which results from that the K content of S/K co‐doped CN photocatalyst is lower than that of K‐doped CN. Moreover, compared with K‐doped CN, S/K co‐doped CN photocatalyst possesses higher photocatalytic performance when irradiated by a light source (λ > 520 nm). This might be ascribed to the fact that the introduction of sulfur can expand light absorption region (λ > 520 nm), whereas K cannot improve light absorption of CN in this wavelength region. Furthermore, DFT calculation reveals that both S and K atoms can offer more electrons to band gap, leading to the formation of metallic‐character band structure. In addition, K atom can intercalate in the interlayer of CN and bridge the adjacent two layers, leading to the formation of charge delivery channels. These results demonstrate that S/K co‐doped CN photocatalysts facilitate the separation and transport of photogenerated charge carries, resulting in the efficient photocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution. Besides, a competition between sulfur and potassium atom during the synthesis process is also discussed in details.     

Constructing 3D interweaved MXene/graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets/graphene nanoarchitectures for promoted electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

The technique of electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) represents a development trend of clean energy generation and conversion,while the electrode catalysts are bound to be the core unit in the electrochemical HER system.Herein,we demonstrate a bottom-up approach to the construction of three-dimensional (3D) interconnected ternary nanoarchitecture originated from Ti₃C₂T_xMXene,graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets and graphene (MX/CN/RGO) through a con...     

Self-regenerated solar-driven photocatalytic water-splitting by urea derived graphitic carbon nitride with platinum nanoparticles

A natural self-regeneration step for urea derived graphitic carbon nitride with platinum nanoparticles is found by simply opening the system to air in the dark under ambient conditions, following its solar-driven hydrogen production. The produced peroxides deactivate the graphitic carbon nitride. Release of weakly bound peroxides on the polymeric semiconductor surface is a crucial process for regeneration.     

氰基修饰石墨相氮化碳构建高效的活性位点用于光催化还原CO2

作为影响光催化反应的关键因素,光催化剂的活性位点数量直接决定了光催化活性.传统石墨相氮化碳(g-C3N4)由于活性位点不足而表现出较弱的光催化活性.为了增加g-C3N4的活性位点数量,研究人员采取了各种策略,包括杂原子掺杂、表面改性和空位工程.其中,表面改性是增加催化剂活性位点的有效策略之一.氰基具有很强的吸电子能力,可在光催化反应中作为活性位点.然而,关于氰基作为CO2光还原活性位点的研究并不多,特别是对于氰基修饰增强g-C3N4活性的机理尚不清楚.构建多孔结构是暴露催化剂活性位点的有效措施之一.多孔结构可以有效改善纳米片的团聚,促进活性位点暴露,增大反应物与活性位点间的接触机会;并且相互连接的多孔网络可形成独特的传输通道,进一步促进载流子迁移.本文通过分子自组装和碱辅助策略合成了氰基改性的多孔g-C3N4纳米片(MCN-0.5).氰基由于具有良好的吸电子特性,促进了局部载流子分离,并充当了光催化反应的活性位点.受益于活性位点的影响,MCN-0.5表现出显著增强的光催化CO2还原活性.在不添加牺牲剂和助催化剂的条件下,MCN-0.5样品上CO和CH4产率达到13.7和0.6μmol·h–1·g–1,分别是传统煅烧法制备的g-C3N4(TCN)产生CO和CH4产率的2.5和2倍.通过盐酸处理MCN-0.5除去氰基,并没有破坏样品的形貌结构,但催化剂的光催化活性显著降低,证实了氰基活性位点的作用.光还原Pt纳米颗粒的实验结果表明,与对照样品相比,氰基修饰的样品上还原的Pt纳米颗粒更多,进一步证实了引入氰基为光还原反应提供了更多活性位点.CO2等温吸附测试结果表明,MCN-0.5对CO2的吸附能力不如对照样品,间接证明氰基能成为活性位点是由于其良好的吸电子能力促进了局部载流子分离.瞬态荧光光谱、光电化学表征结果表明,氰基修饰增强了载流子迁移和分离能力.根据理论计算和原位红外光谱提出了氰基修饰增强g-C3N4光催化还原CO2活性的作用机理.以三聚氰胺为前驱体接枝氰基的g-C3N4也表现出比体相g-C3N4明显增强的光催化还原CO2活性,这证明了氰基改性增强g-C3N4活性策略的通用性.本文通过在光催化剂材料中设计活性位点为太阳能高效转化提供了一个有效途径.     

氰基修饰石墨相氮化碳构建高效的活性位点用于光催化还原CO2

作为影响光催化反应的关键因素,光催化剂的活性位点数量直接决定了光催化活性.传统石墨相氮化碳(g-C3N4)由于活性位点不足而表现出较弱的光催化活性.为了增加g-C3N4的活性位点数量,研究人员采取了各种策略,包括杂原子掺杂、表面改性和空位工程.其中,表面改性是增加催化剂活性位点的有效策略之一.氰基具有很强的吸电子能力,可在光催化反应中作为活性位点.然而,关于氰基作为CO2光还原活性位点的研究并不多,特别是对于氰基修饰增强g-C3N4活性的机理尚不清楚.构建多孔结构是暴露催化剂活性位点的有效措施之一.多孔结构可以有效改善纳米片的团聚,促进活性位点暴露,增大反应物与活性位点间的接触机会;并且相互连接的多孔网络可形成独特的传输通道,进一步促进载流子迁移.本文通过分子自组装和碱辅助策略合成了氰基改性的多孔g-C3N4纳米片(MCN-0.5).氰基由于具有良好的吸电子特性,促进了局部载流子分离,并充当了光催化反应的活性位点.受益于活性位点的影响,MCN-0.5表现出显著增强的光催化CO2还原活性.在不添加牺牲剂和助催化剂的条件下,MCN-0.5样品上CO和CH4产率达到13.7和0.6μmol·h–1·g–1,分别是传统煅烧法制备的g-C3N4(TCN)产生CO和CH4产率的2.5和2倍.通过盐酸处理MCN-0.5除去氰基,并没有破坏样品的形貌结构,但催化剂的光催化活性显著降低,证实了氰基活性位点的作用.光还原Pt纳米颗粒的实验结果表明,与对照样品相比,氰基修饰的样品上还原的Pt纳米颗粒更多,进一步证实了引入氰基为光还原反应提供了更多活性位点.CO2等温吸附测试结果表明,MCN-0.5对CO2的吸附能力不如对照样品,间接证明氰基能成为活性位点是由于其良好的吸电子能力促进了局部载流子分离.瞬态荧光光谱、光电化学表征结果表明,氰基修饰增强了载流子迁移和分离能力.根据理论计算和原位红外光谱提出了氰基修饰增强g-C3N4光催化还原CO2活性的作用机理.以三聚氰胺为前驱体接枝氰基的g-C3N4也表现出比体相g-C3N4明显增强的光催化还原CO2活性,这证明了氰基改性增强g-C3N4活性策略的通用性.本文通过在光催化剂材料中设计活性位点为太阳能高效转化提供了一个有效途径.     

Etching graphitic carbon nitride by acid for enhanced photocatalytic activity toward degradation of 4-nitrophenol

Graphitic carbon nitride （g-C3N4） with high photocatalytic activity toward degradation of 4-nitrophenol under visible light irradiation was prepared by HCI etching followed by ammonia neutralization. The structure, morphology, surface area, and photocatalytic properties of the prepared samples were studied. After treatment, the size of the g-C3N4 decreased from several micrometers to several hundred nanometers, and the specific area of the g-C3N4 increased from 11.5 m2/g to 115 m2/g. Meanwhile, the photocatalytic activity of g-C3N4 was significantly improved after treatment toward degradation of 4- nitrophenol under visible light irradiation. The degradation rate constant of the small particle g-C3N4 is 5.7 times of that of bulk g-C3N4, which makes it a promising visible light photocatalyst for future applications for water treatment and environmental remediation.     

石墨相氮化碳的液相合成及光催化性能研究进展

石墨相氮化碳是类石墨层状聚合物材料,因其特殊的能带和电子结构,近年来成为功能材料研究领域的热点.液相合成法具有温和多变的特性,是石墨相氮化碳合成的重要途径.本文作者就现阶段液相介质合成氮化碳的主要方法进行了介绍,主要包括液相电沉积、脉冲激光烧蚀、溶剂热合成法等.介绍了不同液相介质和合成参数对制备氮化碳材料晶型、形貌等的影响.同时就溶剂热合成氮化碳在光催化领域的研究进展进行了总结.在未来的研究中,液相合成法将极大的丰富氮化碳材料结构优化的途径,有助于推动多功能聚合物材料的深入研究.     

铜铂双单原子负载晶化氮化碳及其增强光催化CO2还原性能

铂单原子作为一种新型催化剂,具有活性组分高度分散、配位未饱和以及原子利用率高等特点,在光催化还原CO₂方面表现出巨大潜力.但是由于成本高昂和负载量高等因素,极大地限制了其在实际生产中的广泛应用.合成具有低负载量贵金属铂,同时提高铂基单原子催化剂的催化活性仍然是一项巨大挑战.晶化石墨相氮化碳的二维结构,特别是其稳定晶化结构所形成的限域环境及其可扩展的π共轭单元,可以有效锚定金属单原子,因而可作为金属单原子的良好载体.已有的金属单原子载体氮化碳多为弱晶或非晶结构,基于晶化氮化碳的高结晶度和高结构稳定性,合理构建金属单原子沉积的结晶石墨相氮化碳体系仍十分困难.关于晶化氮化碳负载金属单原子催化剂应用于光催化还原CO₂的研究至今鲜有报道.本文开发了一种具有低负载量的铂基双单原子锚定晶化氮化碳的制备方法,通过设计氮化碳缺陷位点,在晶化石墨相氮化碳载体表面构筑氮缺陷位点,利用载体的丰富氮缺陷作为陷阱,有效捕获双单原子金属前驱体,成功制备了具有低负载量(铂为0.32wt%)的双金属铜铂单原子催化剂,并用于光催化CO₂还原反应中.结果表明,相比于单原子铂催化剂和单原子铜催化剂,该种双单原子铜铂体系在光催化还原CO₂-CO中表现了更好催化活性.在光照3.5 h后,铜铂双单原子体系的CO产量达到41.1μmolg^-1.除此之外,铜铂双单原子体系在光催化过程中有利于促进CH₄生成,在没有任何牺牲剂或共催化剂作用下其CH4的产量为9.8μmolg^-1,其产率分别是相同光照条件下单原子铂催化剂(3.2μmolg^-1)和单原子铜催化剂(2.0μmol g^-1)的三倍和五倍.高分辨透射电镜结果表明,制备的氮化碳呈现了高度晶化的结构.球差扫描透射电子显微镜结果表明,铂和铜物种分别以高度分散的单原子形式存在,且在双金属铜铂单原子体系并未发现铜颗粒和铂颗粒.电化学分析结果表明,通过双配位活性位点的桥梁作用提高光生电子的转移效率,使得铜铂双单原子体系具有更高的电流密度和更好的载流子传输能力.原位X射线光电子能谱结果表明,金属铂和铜单原子成功负载在晶化石墨相氮化碳上,且在光照过程中单原子铂和铜的结合能的电子密度有些许改变,证明了该双金属单原子体系在光催化过程中协同动态光电子的迁移转移;原位红外傅里叶变换光谱实验结果表明,这种稳定的铜铂双单原子体系有利于促进催化还原反应中中间体产物的加氢过程,对终产物的解离和释放有明显的促进作用,从而提高光催化还原CO₂反应的活性和选择性.     

Facile oxalic acid-assisted construction of laminated porous N-deficient graphitic carbon nitride: Highly efficient visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution photocatalyst

The laminated porous N-deficient g-C_3N_4(CN–H)is successfully synthesized by a facile two-step hydrothermal calcination method using oxalic acid-assisted melamine as the precursor.Compared with pristine g-C_3N_4(224μmol g~(-1)h~(-1)),the CN–H shows superior photocatalytic hydrogen production activity(up to 728μmol g~(-1)h~(-1)),which is three times higher than the unmodified counterpart.To draw out the multifaceted influences of oxalic acid modification on the visible-light-induced photocatalytic activity,various techniques are utilized to investigate the formation mechanism,structural characteristics and photoelectrical properties of CN–H.The results indicate that the addition of a trace amount of oxalic acid to the precursor melamine results in a g-C_3N_4 structure possessing the advantage of both nitrogen defects and laminated porosity.These properties can enlarge specific surface areas of g-C_3N_4,enhance an efficient separating of photogenerated electron-hole pairs and extend the range of spectral response,all contributing to the enhancement of the visible-light-induced photocatalytic activity.     

Ag nanoparticles loaded on porous graphitic carbon nitride with enhanced photocatalytic activity for degradation of phenol

Highly efficient photocatalyst of visible-light-driven Ag nanoparticles loaded on porous graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) was prepared by the reduction of Ag ions on porous g-C₃N₄. The obtained Ag/porous g-C₃N₄ composite products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), UV-vis diffuse reflection spectra (DRS), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). The results demonstrated that a homogeneous distribution of Ag NPs of 10 nm was attached onto the surface of the porous g-C₃N₄. The prepared Ag/porous g-C₃N₄ samples were applied for catalyzing the degradation of phenol in water under visible light irradiation. Porous g-C₃N₄ demonstrated an excellent support for the formation and dispersion of small uniform Ag NPs. When the weight percentage of Ag reaches 5%, the nanohybrid exhibits superior photocatalytic activities compared to bulk g-C₃N₄, porous g-C₃N₄, and 2% Ag/porous g-C₃N₄ hybrids. The enhanced photocatalytic performance is due to the synergic effect between Ag and porous g-C₃N₄, which suppressed the recombination of photogenerated electron-hole pairs.     

热电子驱动氧化钨/石墨化氮化碳S-型异质结实现宽光谱光催化产氢活性

近年来,等离子体材料因具有独特的局域表面等离子体共振(LSPR)效应,可实现可见光到近红外范围内光利用,因此引起人们的广泛关注.利用等离子体材料(贵金属或重掺杂半导体材料)合理构建异质结构,可以同时拓宽光催化剂的光谱响应范围,抑制载流子的复合,从而提高光催化活性.在已报道的等离子体半导体中,WO3–x具有无毒、价廉以及...     

Synthesis of graphitic carbon nitride-based photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution under visible light

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