Polymer Semiconductors for Artificial Photosynthesis: Hydrogen Evolution by Mesoporous Graphitic Carbon Nitride with Visible Light
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces · Fuzhou University · +1 more institution
Abstract
We investigated semiconductor characteristics for polymeric carbon nitride as a metal-free photocatalyst working with visible light and have shown that the efficiency of hydrogen production by photochemical water reduction can be improved by approximately 1 order of magnitude by introducing the right type of mesoporosity into polymeric C(3)N(4). We anticipate a wide rang of potential application of C(3)N(4) as energy transducers for artificial photosynthesis in general, especially with a 3D continuous nanoarchitecture. Moreover, the results of finding photoactivity for carbon nitride nanoparticles can enrich the discussion on prebiotic chemistry of the Earth, as HCN polymer clusters are unequivocal in the…
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Authors
8- XWXinchen WangCorresponding
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Fuzhou University, The University of Tokyo
- KMKazuhiko Maeda
Fuzhou University, The University of Tokyo, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
- XCXiufang Chen
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, The University of Tokyo, Fuzhou University
- KTKazuhiro Takanabe
Fuzhou University, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, The University of Tokyo
- KDKazunari Domen
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Fuzhou University, The University of Tokyo
Topics & keywords
- Graphitic carbon nitride
- Artificial photosynthesis
- Photocatalysis
- Chemistry
- Carbon nitride
- Mesoporous material
- Visible spectrum
- Hydrogen