Direct Z-scheme SiNWs@Co3O4 photocathode with a cocatalyst of sludge-derived carbon quantum dots for efficient photoelectrochemical hydrogen production

Author(s):  
Feifei Lin ◽  
Ying-Ying Gu ◽  
Hongjiang Li ◽  
Shuaijun Wang ◽  
Xiuxia Zhang ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (13) ◽  
pp. 6586-6593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaqi Pan ◽  
Mingzhu You ◽  
Chunyan Chi ◽  
Zongjun Dong ◽  
Beibei Wang ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Yogeshwari Vyas ◽  
Priyanka Chundawat ◽  
Dharmendra Dharmendra ◽  
Pinki B. Punjabi ◽  
Chetna Ameta

2019 ◽  
Vol 216 (7) ◽  
pp. 1800839
Author(s):  
Ashi Ikram ◽  
Sahab Dass ◽  
Rohit Shrivastav ◽  
Vibha R. Satsangi

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 1052 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilei Zhang ◽  
Jingxiao Zhang ◽  
Yuanyu Xia ◽  
Menghan Xun ◽  
Hong Chen ◽  
...  

The use of photocatalysts to purify wastewater and simultaneously convert solar energy into clean hydrogen energy is of considerable significance in environmental science. However, it is still a challenge due to their relatively high costs, low efficiencies, and poor stabilities. In this study, a metal-free carbon quantum dots (CQDs) modified graphitic carbon nitride photocatalyst (CCN) was synthesized by a facile method. The characterization and theoretical calculation results reveal that the incorporation of CQDs into the g-C3N4 matrix significantly improves the charge transfer and separation efficiency, exhibits a redshift of absorption edge, narrows the bandgap, and prevents the recombination of photoexcited carriers. The hydrogen production and simultaneous degradation of methylene blue (MB) or rhodamine B (RhB) in simulated wastewaters were further tested. In the simulated wastewater, the CCN catalyst showed enhanced photodegradation efficiency, accompanied with the increased hydrogen evolution rate (1291 µmol·h−1·g−1). The internal electrical field between the g-C3N4 and the CQDs is the main reason for the spatial separation of photoexcited electron-hole pairs. Overall, this work could offer a new protocol for the design of highly efficient photocatalysts for dye wastewater purification with simultaneous hydrogen production.


2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (31) ◽  
pp. 1800676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weidong Li ◽  
Yuan Liu ◽  
Min Wu ◽  
Xiaolei Feng ◽  
Simon A. T. Redfern ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (16) ◽  
pp. 6822-6829 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajesh Adhikari ◽  
Kaustubh Basu ◽  
Yufeng Zhou ◽  
Fiorenzo Vetrone ◽  
Dongling Ma ◽  
...  

Heterostructured core/shell quantum dots are designed to boost performance of quantum dot sensitized photoanodes for photoelectrochemical solar hydrogen production.


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