کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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6448842 | 1642730 | 2017 | 8 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
![عکس صفحه اول مقاله: Editor's choice paperEffect of sodium doping on the structure and enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance of graphitic carbon nitride Editor's choice paperEffect of sodium doping on the structure and enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance of graphitic carbon nitride](/preview/png/6448842.png)
- Sodium-doped g-C3N4 was synthesized via simple ball milling-calcination method.
- Incorporation of sodium could moderate the morphology, structural, optical and electrochemical properties of g-C3N4.
- Sodium-doped g-C3N4 exhibited remarkably enhanced photocatalytic H2 evolution activity under visible-light irradiation.
- The excellent photoactivity was mainly attributed to the high-efficiency separation of the photo-generated electron-hole pairs.
Construction of high-efficiency photocatalysis for hydrogen evolution has long been regarded as the significative and challenging work. Herein, we developed a facile ball milling combined calcination method to synthesize a series of sodium-doped graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) with different sodium content. The as-prepared samples were characterized by various techniques and applied in hydrogen production under visible-light irradiation. Results showed that the incorporation of sodium would have certain effect on the intrinsic properties of g-C3N4. The optimal sample with about 3.09 At% of sodium exhibited the highest photoactivity, the hydrogen production rate (176.0 μmol hâ1 gâ1) of which was about 9.9 times higher than that of pure g-C3N4 (17.8 μmol hâ1 gâ1). The tremendously enhanced photoactivity could be ascribed to the expanding visible light absorption and immensely increased separation efficiency of photo-generated charge carriers. Therefore, this study proposes an effective route to synthesize sodium doping g-C3N4, which is promising for further practical applications in environmental issues.
Journal: Molecular Catalysis - Volume 433, May 2017, Pages 128-135