Visible light production of hydrogen from glycerol over Cu2O-gC3N4 nanocomposites with enhanced photocatalytic efficiency

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作者
Alhaddad, Maha [1 ]
Navarro, R. M. [2 ]
Hussein, M. A. [1 ]
Mohamed, R. M. [1 ,3 ]
机构
[1] King Abdulaziz Univ, Dept Chem, Fac Sci, POB 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
[2] Inst Catalisis & Petroleoquim, Sustainable Energy & Chem Grp, CSIC, Marie Curie 2, Madrid 28049, Spain
[3] Adv Mat Dept, Cent Met R&D Inst, CMRDI, POB 87, Cairo 11421, Egypt
来源
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY-JMR&T | 2020年 / 9卷 / 06期
关键词
g-C3N4; Cu2O; Mesoporous; Composites; Photocatalyst; Hydrogen production; CARBON NITRIDE; FACILE SYNTHESIS; HYBRID PHOTOCATALYST; G-C3N4; NANOSHEETS; ESCHERICHIA-COLI; CUPROUS-OXIDE; CU2O; EVOLUTION; HETEROJUNCTION; CATALYST;
D O I
10.1016/j.jmrt.2020.10.093
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
In this work, we investigate nanostructured Cu2O-gC(3)N(4) composites with diverse Cu2O addition (0.5-3.0 mol %) prepared by ultrasonication-mixture of mesoporous Cu20 and g-C3N4 prepared individually from soft and hard -template sol gel, respectively. The efficiency of the Cu2O-gC(3)N(4) nanocomposites depends on the Cu2O/gC(3)N(4) ratio because it controls the heterojunctions development between them. The synergistic influence amid Cu2O and g-C3N4 in the nanostructured composites was demonstrated in the production of hydrogen under simulated light achieving a maximum efficiency at 2 mol % of Cu2O (17 and 38 times higher than on bare Cu2O and g-C3N4, respectively). Correlation between photo activity and physicochemical characteristics of the Cu2O-g-C3N4 nanocomposites shows that the improvement in photoefficiency was related with the variances in the ability to absorb observable light and to separate the charge carriers associated to the different development of Cu2O/gC(3)N(4) heterojunctions in the nanocomposites. (C) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.
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页码:15335 / 15345
页数:11
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