Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 5, Issue 37, Pages 19800-19807Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c7ta06077g
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology
- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2013CB932702]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21771132, 51422207, 51572179, 21471106, 21501126]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20161216]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD)
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Photocatalytic overall water splitting using particulate semiconductors is a potential means of storing solar energy in using the intermittency of sunlight as a primary source of power and zero emission of carbon dioxide. Herein, we constructed a composite material with carbon dots (CDs) anchored on the surface of octahedral CoO as a highly efficient and long-term stable photocatalyst for overall water splitting under visible light irradiation (lambda > 400 nm). The structure and morphology of the CDs/CoO composite were investigated by a series of characterization methods. The obtained CDs/CoO composites exhibit more-efficient visible light absorption than pure CoO, leading to higher photocatalytic activity for overall water splitting. The optimized photocatalytic H-2 and O-2 production was achieved for the CDs/CoO composite with a content of 5 wt% CDs (5% CDs/CoO), showing a H-2 (O-2) evolution rate of 1.67 mmol h(-1) (0.91 mmol h(-1)) with an expected 2 : 1 stoichiometry, which is up to 6 times as high as that of pristine CoO. Additionally, the 5% CDs/CoO composite also shows outstanding photocatalytic stability for over 15 cycling experiments. This enhanced photocatalytic activity and outstanding stability in CDs/CoO composites could be ascribed to several merits of CDs that not only improved charge separation efficiency and visible-light absorption but also effectively conducted heat generated by the photo-thermal effect of CoO.
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