Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 47, Issue 97, Pages 40905-40919Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.08.234
Keywords
Graphene oxide; Reduced graphene oxide; Hydrogen evolution; Intergap defects
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- CONACYT Ciencia de Frontera [285711 CB-CONACyT]
- CONACYT
- BEIFI-IPN [SIP -20210702]
- FOMIX-CONACYT
- [2019-40798]
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The photocatalytic production of hydrogen was studied in graphene oxide materials doped with nitrogen or/and boron by hydrothermal treatments. The boron-doped graphene oxide exhibited the highest photocatalytic hydrogen generation due to interstitial positioning of boron in the graphene lattice. Nitrogen-doped graphene oxide showed high electrical conductivity, and partially reduced nitrogen and boron co-doped graphene oxide showed the highest electrical conductivity.
The photocatalytic production of hydrogen was studied in graphene oxide materials doped with nitrogen or/and boron by hydrothermal treatments. Characterization of the materials was carried out by XRD, FTIR, XPS, Raman, UV-Vis, and photoluminescence spectros-copies, FESEM and TEM. The study of hydrogen evolution in the water splitting reaction was done using UV light as source of irradiation and methanol as hole scavenger. Boron -doped graphene oxide with the highest bulk electrical resistance exhibited the highest photocatalytic hydrogen generation, due to interstitial positioning of boron in the graphene lattice, which improved the light absorption coefficient, formation of inter-gap states and reduced charge recombination. This phenomenon is hypothesized for the first time as decentralized reaction clusters, which spread across the graphene lattice and produce hydrogen independently. Nitrogen-doped graphene oxide showed high electrical conduc-tivity due to a significant removal of oxygen functional groups, and improved carrier density. Partially reduced nitrogen and boron co-doped graphene oxide showed the highest electrical conductivity, due to the presence of more electron-donating nitrogen configu-rations, such as pyrrolic N and pyridinic N. Nitrogen and boron co-doping of graphene oxide allows to modify the conduction band and valence bands, thus improving the elec-trical conductivity.(c) 2022 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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