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Crystalline carbon nitride anchored on MXene as an ordered Schottky heterojunction photocatalyst for enhanced visible-light hydrogen evolution
- Source :
- Carbon. 179:387-399
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2021.
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Abstract
- Carbon nitride (CN) polymer is considered as a potential material for photocatalysis, but surfers from the low photoconversion efficiency due to its high defect density. Although the defects can be limited through the crystallization of CN, the photocatalytic activity of single-component photocatalyst is still restricted by the recombination of photoexcited carriers. In our work, the ordered Schottky heterojunction of heptazine-based crystalline carbon nitride (HCN) and Ti3C2 MXene was successfully prepared through ionothermal method. The HCN/Ti3C2 composites exhibit higher photocatalytic performance than pristine HCN. Particularly, the HCNT20 sample exhibits the highest photocatalytic H2 evolution activity, which is about 8 and 2 times higher than that of bulk CN and pristine HCN, respectively. The results of charge transfer dynamics and DFT calculation reveal that the photocatalytic enhancement mechanism is primarily attributed to the synergistic effects of crystallization of CN, excellent conductivity of Ti3C2 and well-constructed Schottky heterojunction.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Heptazine
Schottky diode
Heterojunction
02 engineering and technology
General Chemistry
Conductivity
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
01 natural sciences
0104 chemical sciences
law.invention
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Chemical engineering
law
Photocatalysis
General Materials Science
Crystallization
0210 nano-technology
Carbon nitride
Visible spectrum
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Details
- ISSN :
- 00086223
- Volume :
- 179
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Carbon
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........aec781a6fd2f52f81b46ac28aed8f924