TY - JOUR
T1 - Surface Functionalization of g-C 3 N 4 : Molecular-Level Design of Noble-Metal-Free Hydrogen Evolution Photocatalysts
AU - Chen, Yin
AU - Bin, Lin
AU - Yu, Weili
AU - Yang, Yong
AU - Bashir, Shahid M.
AU - Wang, Hong
AU - Takanabe, Kazuhiro
AU - Idriss, Hicham
AU - Basset, Jean-Marie
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
PY - 2015/6/12
Y1 - 2015/6/12
N2 - A stable noble-metal-free hydrogen evolution photocatalyst based on graphite carbon nitride (g-C3N4) was developed by a molecular-level design strategy. Surface functionalization was successfully conducted to introduce a single nickel active site onto the surface of the semiconducting g-C3N4. This catalyst family (with less than 0.1 wt% of Ni) has been found to produce hydrogen with a rate near to the value obtained by using 3 wt% platinum as co-catalyst. This new catalyst also exhibits very good stability under hydrogen evolution conditions, without any evidence of deactivation after 24h. © 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
AB - A stable noble-metal-free hydrogen evolution photocatalyst based on graphite carbon nitride (g-C3N4) was developed by a molecular-level design strategy. Surface functionalization was successfully conducted to introduce a single nickel active site onto the surface of the semiconducting g-C3N4. This catalyst family (with less than 0.1 wt% of Ni) has been found to produce hydrogen with a rate near to the value obtained by using 3 wt% platinum as co-catalyst. This new catalyst also exhibits very good stability under hydrogen evolution conditions, without any evidence of deactivation after 24h. © 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/575653
UR - http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/chem.201501742
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84934342719&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/chem.201501742
DO - 10.1002/chem.201501742
M3 - Article
C2 - 26073972
SN - 0947-6539
VL - 21
SP - 10290
EP - 10295
JO - Chemistry - A European Journal
JF - Chemistry - A European Journal
IS - 29
ER -