Controlled oxygen doping in highly dispersed Ni-loaded g-C3N4 nanotubes for efficient photocatalytic H2O2 production

Hydrogen peroxide (HO) is both a key component in several industrial processes and a promising liquid fuel. The production of HO by solar photocatalysis is a suitable strategy to convert and store solar energy into chemical energy. Here we report an oxygen-doped tubular g-CN with uniformly dispersed...

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Autores: Du, Ruifeng, Xiao, Ke, Li, Baoying, Han, Xu|||0000-0001-8319-8830, Zhang, Chaoqi|||0000-0002-0357-235X, Wang, Xiang, Zuo, Yong|||0000-0003-1564-467X, Guardia, Pablo|||0000-0001-9076-4642, Li, Junshan|||0000-0002-1482-1972, Chen, Jianbin|||0000-0003-1104-7237, Arbiol i Cobos, Jordi|||0000-0002-0695-1726, Cabot i Codina, Andreu|||0000-0002-7533-3251
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:270842
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/270842
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.cej.2022.135999
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Carbon nitride
Nanotubes
Nickel nanoparticles
Photocatalysis
H2O2
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Sumario:Hydrogen peroxide (HO) is both a key component in several industrial processes and a promising liquid fuel. The production of HO by solar photocatalysis is a suitable strategy to convert and store solar energy into chemical energy. Here we report an oxygen-doped tubular g-CN with uniformly dispersed nickel nanoparticles for efficient photocatalytic HO generation. The hollow structure of the tubular g-CN provides a large surface with a high density of reactive sites and efficient visible light absorption during the photocatalytic reaction. The oxygen doping and Ni loading enable a fast separation of photogenerated charge carriers and a high selectivity toward the two-electron process during the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The optimized composition, Ni/OtCN, displays an HO production rate of 2464 μmol g·h, which is eightfold higher than that of bulk g-CN under visible light irradiation (λ.