Article (Special Issue on the International Symposium on Environmental Catalysis (ISEC 2016))Enhanced visible light photocatalytic H2 production over Z-scheme g-C3N4 nansheets/WO3 nanorods nanocomposites loaded with Ni(OH)x cocatalysts

Add time:09/09/2019    Source:sciencedirect.com

Novel WO3/g-C3N4/Ni(OH)x hybrids have been successfully synthesized by a two-step strategy of high temperature calcination and in situ photodeposition. Their photocatalytic performance was investigated using TEOA as a hole scavenger under visible light irradiation. The loading of WO3 and Ni(OH)x cocatalysts boosted the photocatalytic H2 evolution efficiency of g-C3N4. WO3/g-C3N4/Ni(OH)x with 20 wt%defective WO3 and 4.8 wt%Ni(OH)x showed the highest hydrogen production rate of 576 μmol/(g–h), which was 5.7, 10.8 and 230 times higher than those of g-C3N4/4.8 wt%Ni(OH)x, 20 wt%WO3/C3N4 and g-C3N4 photocatalysts, respectively. The remarkably enhanced H2 evolution performance was ascribed to the combination effects of the Z-scheme heterojunction (WO3/g-C3N4) and loaded cocatalysts (Ni(OH)x), which effectively inhibited the recombination of the photoexcited electron-hole pairs of g-C3N4 and improved both H2 evolution and TEOA oxidation kinetics. The electron spin resonance spectra of •O2− and •OH radicals provided evidence for the Z-scheme charge separation mechanism. The loading of easily available Ni(OH)x cocatalysts on the Z-scheme WO3/g-C3N4 nanocomposites provided insights into constructing a robust multiple-heterojunction material for photocatalytic applications.

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