Enhanced electron separation on in-plane benzene-ring doped g-C3N4 nanosheets for visible light photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

• Published in: Applied catalysis. B, Environmental Vol. 244; pp. 459 - 464
• Main Authors: Liu, Jian, Yu, Yu, Qi, Ruilian, Cao, Changyan, Liu, Xiaoyan, Zheng, Yujun, Song, Weiguo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 05.05.2019; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Benzene; Benzene-ring doping; Carbon nitride; Catalysis; Catalysts; Chemical energy; Clean energy; Copolymerization; Current carriers; Efficiency; Electromagnetic absorption; Electronic structure; Energy conversion; Energy conversion efficiency; Energy storage; Etching; Evolution; g-C3N4; Heterostructures; Hydrocarbons; Hydrogen; Hydrogen evolution; Hydrogen-based energy; In-plane; Nanosheets; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Organic chemistry; Photocatalysis; Polymerization; Quantum efficiency; Ring structures; Separation; Solar energy; Urea; g-C3N4; Hydrogen evolution; Photocatalysis; In-plane; Benzene-ring doping

Benzene-ring doped g-C3N4 nanosheets (BS-CN) exhibited extended light adsorption and enhanced separation/transfer of photoinduced holes and electrons, which promoted it an excellent visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution catalyst by 12-fold improvement. [Display omitted] •Homogeneous benzene-ring d...