Electronic structure manipulation of graphene dots for effective hydrogen evolution from photocatalytic water decomposition

Nanoscale ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (22) ◽  
pp. 10721-10730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ba-Son Nguyen ◽  
Yuan-Kai Xiao ◽  
Chun-Yan Shih ◽  
Van-Can Nguyen ◽  
Wei-Yang Chou ◽  
...  

Sulfur–nitrogen-codoping introduces quaternary-N to graphene-oxide dots to facilitate π-conjugation and charge separation, engendering high activity in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.

Author(s):  
Guowei Yang ◽  
Bo Yan ◽  
Yan He

Photocatalysis for water decomposition under solar light is a promising route to produce clean hydrogen energy. Although both single atom catalysts (SACs) and atomic cluster catalysts are effective ways to...


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanghang Zhou ◽  
Lan Wang ◽  
Hang Shi ◽  
Huan Zhang ◽  
Yue Wang ◽  
...  

Combining different semiconductor materials with diverse geometric structures and energy level configurations is an effective strategy for constructing high-activity heterostructure photocatalyst. Using the solvothermal method, 1D TiO2 nanobelts were uniformly...


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Hanan ◽  
Mukhtiar Ahmed ◽  
Muhammad Nazim Lakhan ◽  
Altaf Hussain ◽  
Dianxue Cao ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 238-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunpeng Liu ◽  
Bingxiong Wang ◽  
Qiao Zhang ◽  
Siyuan Yang ◽  
Yuhang Li ◽  
...  

Due to the stepwise down energy band structure of Co and Co3S4, the designed Co3S4/Co-CdS exhibits excellent photocatalytic H2 evolution.


2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (11) ◽  
pp. 2394-2397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guiyang Yu ◽  
Xiang Wang ◽  
Jungang Cao ◽  
Shujie Wu ◽  
Wenfu Yan ◽  
...  

A semiconductor fabricated by embedding plasmonic Au nanoparticles into CdS exhibits a high activity and stability for photocatalytic H2evolution. This composite structure could take full advantage of electromagnetic fields at the surface of the Au nanoparticles under visible light illumination.


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