Salt‐melt synthesis of poly(heptazine imide) in binary alkali metal bromides for enhanced visible‐light photocatalytic hydrogen production

• Published in: Interdisciplinary materials (Print) Vol. 3; no. 3; pp. 389 - 399
• Main Authors: Jin, Yaxuan, Zheng, Dandan, Fang, Zhongpu, Pan, Zhiming, Wang, Sibo, Hou, Yidong, Savateev, Oleksandr, Zhang, Yongfan, Zhang, Guigang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wuhan John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.05.2024; Wiley
• Subjects: Alcohols; Alkali metals; Bromides; Carbon; Carbon nitride; crystallinity; Dehydrogenation; Density functional theory; Energy bands; Ethylene glycol; hydrogen evolution; Hydrogen production; Melting points; Metal chlorides; Microscopy; Morphology; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Photocatalysis; poly(heptazine imide); Polymerization; salt‐melt synthesis; Sodium bromides; Synthesis; Temperature

Poly(heptazine imide) (PHI), a semicrystalline version of carbon nitride photocatalyst based on heptazine units, has gained significant attention for solar H2 production benefiting from its advantages including molecular synthetic versatility, excellent physicochemical stability and suitable energy...