Unlocking the Key to Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production Using Electronic Mediators for Z-Scheme Water Splitting
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +3 more institutions
Abstract
A prevalent challenge in particulate photocatalytic water splitting lies in the fact that while numerous photocatalysts exhibit outstanding hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity in organic sacrificial reagents, their performance diminishes markedly in a Z-scheme water splitting system using electronic mediators. This underlying reason remains undefined, posing a long-standing issue in photocatalytic water splitting. Herein, we unveiled that the primary reason for the decreased HER activity in electronic mediators is due to the strong adsorption of shuttle ions on cocatalyst surfaces, which inhibits the initial proton reduction and results in a severe backward reaction of the oxidized shuttle ions. To…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 19.01
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 31
Authors
5- MSMing Shi
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy
- XWXuan Wu
University of Science and Technology of China, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy
- YZYue Zhao
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy
- RLRengui LiCorresponding
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy
- CLCan LiCorresponding
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Topics & keywords
- Chemistry
- Water splitting
- Hydrogen production
- Key (lock)
- Photocatalysis
- Scheme (mathematics)
- Hydrogen
- Production (economics)