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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21526-4
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- Basic Research Fund for Free Exploration in Shenzhen [JCYJ20180306171402878]
- project of Shaanxi Young Stars in Science and Technology [2017KJXX-18]
- Shaanxi International Cooperation Project [2020KWZ-018]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [3102019ghxm003, 3102019JC005, 3102019ghjd001]
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The study introduces an efficient biphase photocatalytic system composed of integrated photothermal-photocatalytic materials using charred wood substrates to convert liquid water to water steam and split hydrogen under light illumination without additional energy. This system significantly reduces the interface barrier and greatly lowers the transport resistance of hydrogen gas, achieving an impressive hydrogen production rate in particulate photocatalytic systems.
Solar-driven hydrogen production from water using particulate photocatalysts is considered the most economical and effective approach to produce hydrogen fuel with little environmental concern. However, the efficiency of hydrogen production from water in particulate photocatalysis systems is still low. Here, we propose an efficient biphase photocatalytic system composed of integrated photothermal-photocatalytic materials that use charred wood substrates to convert liquid water to water steam, simultaneously splitting hydrogen under light illumination without additional energy. The photothermal-photocatalytic system exhibits biphase interfaces of photothermally-generated steam/photocatalyst/hydrogen, which significantly reduce the interface barrier and drastically lower the transport resistance of the hydrogen gas by nearly two orders of magnitude. In this work, an impressive hydrogen production rate up to 220.74 mu molh(-1)cm(-2) in the particulate photocatalytic systems has been achieved based on the wood/CoO system, demonstrating that the photothermal-photocatalytic biphase system is cost-effective and greatly advantageous for practical applications. The solar-driven H-2 production from water by particulate photocatalysts is an effective approach to produce H-2 fuel. Here, the authors propose an integrated photothermal-photocatalytic biphase system, which lowers the reaction barrier and the delivery resistance of the H-2, boosting the catalytic H-2 evolution rate.
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