Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 5, Issue 5, Pages 3483-3492Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nn102469e
Keywords
photocatalysts; graphene; hydrogen production; visible light photoactivity; electron transfer
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- Australian Research Council (through its Centres of Excellence)
- Queensland State Government (NIRAP)
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In this work we present the synthesis of a new type of nitrogen-doped tantalate, Sr2Ta2O7-xNx, which exhibited significantly Increased visible light absorption and improved photocatalytic hydrogen production by 87% under solar irradiation, compared with its undoped counterpart Sr2Ta2O7. The photocatalyst also exhibited a strong capability in photoinduced reduction of exfoliated graphene oxide (GO) to graphene sheets. By using graphene as a support for a Pt cocatalyst, a new type of composite containing graphene-Pt and Sr2Ta2O7-xNx was designed, which demonstrated an additional similar to 80% increase In hydrogen production and an quantum efficiency of 6.45% (similar to 177% increase from pristine undoped Sr2Ta2O7) due to the efficient charge carrier separation on the photocatalyst. This work suggests that graphene can play an important role as an electron transfer highway, which facilitates the charge carrier collection onto Pt cocatalysts. The method can thus be considered as an excellent strategy to increase photocatalytic hydrogen production in addition to a commonly applied doping method.
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