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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
卷 138, 期 31, 页码 10019-10025出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b05806
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Solar-to-chemical energy conversion is a challenging subject for renewable energy storage. In the past 40 years, overall water splitting into H-2 and O-2 by semiconductor photocatalysis has been studied extensively; however, they need noble metals and extreme care to avoid explosion of the mixed gases. Here we report that generating hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) from water and O-2 by organic semiconductor photocatalysts could provide a new basis for clean energy storage without metal and explosion risk. We found that carbon nitride aromatic diimide graphene nanohybrids prepared by simple hydrothermal calcination procedure produce H2O2 from pure water and O-2 under visible light (lambda > 420 nm). Photoexcitation of the semiconducting carbon nitride aromatic diimide moiety transfers their conduction band electrons to graphene and enhances charge separation. The valence band holes on the semiconducting moiety oxidize water, while the electrons on the graphene moiety promote selective two-electron reduction of O-2. This metal-free system produces H2O2 with solar-to-chemical energy conversion efficiency 0.20%, comparable to the highest levels achieved by powdered water-splitting photocatalysts.
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