A rational guide to improve the activity of a hydrogen-evolving polymeric carbon nitride photocatalyst

Kazuhiko Maeda; Tomoharu Maeda; Chomponoot Suppaso; Shunta Nishioka; Yoshinobu Kamakura; Shuhei Yasuda; Toshiyuki Yokoi

doi:10.1039/D3SE00996C

A rational guide to improve the activity of a hydrogen-evolving polymeric carbon nitride photocatalyst†

Kazuhiko Maeda,

*^ab Tomoharu Maeda,‡^a Chomponoot Suppaso,

‡^a Shunta Nishioka,

^a Yoshinobu Kamakura,^a Shuhei Yasuda §^c and Toshiyuki Yokoi^c

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^a Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-NE-2 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
E-mail: maedak@chem.titech.ac.jp

^b Living Systems Materialogy (LiSM) Research Group, International Research Frontiers Initiative (IRFI), Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8502, Japan

^c Nanospace Catalysis Unit, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan

Abstract

Photocatalytic H₂ evolution using Pt-loaded mesoporous polymeric carbon nitride (meso-PCN) was studied with respect to light intensity and the hydrogen–deuterium isotope effect, in combination with photoelectrochemical measurements. Although the photocatalytic activity was mainly limited by charge recombination in the meso-PCN, improving the oxidation reaction by photogenerated holes was critical for enhancing the H₂-evolution activity. The finding of this work will be a useful guide to achieve non-sacrificial overall water splitting by PCN photocatalysts.

This article is part of the themed collections: Recent Open Access Articles and Solar Fuels and Chemicals: Photocatalytic Water Splitting and CO2 Reduction

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SE00996C
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 02 Aug 2023
Accepted: 20 Nov 2023
First published: 21 Nov 2023
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Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2024,8, 36-42

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K. Maeda, T. Maeda, C. Suppaso, S. Nishioka, Y. Kamakura, S. Yasuda and T. Yokoi, Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2024, 8, 36 DOI: 10.1039/D3SE00996C

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A rational guide to improve the activity of a hydrogen-evolving polymeric carbon nitride photocatalyst†

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