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Hydrogen-interstitial CuWO4 nanomesh: A single-component full spectrum-active photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution

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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
卷 227, 期 -, 页码 35-43

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.01.021

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Photocatalysis; Hydrogen evolution; Single-component; Full spectrum-active; Nanomesh

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  1. National Basic Research Program of China [2014CB931700]
  2. State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies

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It is of practical and theoretical significance to realize full spectrum-active photocatalytic hydrogen (H-2) evolution using a single-component photocatalyst. The bottleneck is the utilization of near infrared (NIR) light with 52% of the energy in solar spectrum due to the mismatch between its low single photon energy and the large bandgaps of many photocatalysts. In fact, except for the intrinsic inter-band transition, charge-transfer transition is another strategy to produce hot electrons as a result of light excitation. Herein, charge-transfer transition is achieved in hydrogen-interstitial CuWO4 nanomesh (H-CuWO4) by introducing low-valence Cu+ and W5+. The resulting polaron absorption produces abundant free electrons upon NIR irradiation. Meanwhile, the intrinsic inter-band transition supplies more electrons upon ultraviolet and visible (UV and Vis) irradiations. The mesh structure induced by the self-assembled orientated attachment facilitates the electron transport in the photo catalytic process. Further, the lattice stress resulting from the H intercalation raises the conduction band (CB) above the H+/H-2 potential level. CuWO4, incapable of realizing photocatalytic H-2 evolution, is therefore activated to be a single-component full spectrum-active photocatalyst based on the dual-channel mechanism without any assistance of cocatalysts. It exhibits an excellent H-2 evolution rate and high stability. This advance may have great potential in the future environmental and energy engineering applications.

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