High alkalinity boosts visible light driven H 2 evolution activity of g-C 3 N 4 in aqueous methanol
- 20 October 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- Vol. 50 (98) , 15521-15524
Abstract
A high rate of 2.23 mmol h −1 g −1 (quantum efficiency of 6.67% at 400 nm) for visible light driven photocatalytic H 2 evolution can be achieved with g-C 3 N 4 by alkalization of the solution to a pH of 13.3, due to accelerated transfer of photoholes to the sacrificial donor.Keywords
Funding Information
- Research Corporation for Science Advancement (Scialog award)
- China Scholarship Council (201306280062)
- Directorate for Biological Sciences (CBET 1133099)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (51121092)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (51323011)
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