Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution over graphitic carbon nitride modified with Ti-activated mesoporous silica

Shaohua Shen; Daming Zhao; Jie Chen; Liejin Guo; Samuel S. Mao

doi:10.1016/j.apcata.2015.11.004

Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution over graphitic carbon nitride modified with Ti-activated mesoporous silica

Shaohua Shen
, Daming Zhao
, Jie Chen
, Liejin Guo
, Samuel S. Mao

Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering

Xi'an Jiaotong University

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In this study, it was demonstrated that the visible light photocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance of g-C₃N₄ could be enhanced when g-C₃N₄ was loaded onto the MCM-41 mesoporous silica, and the photocatalytic activity of obtained MCM-41/g-C₃N₄ was 1.2 times as high as that of pure g-C₃N₄. This is mainly because the high dispersion of g-C₃N₄ on MCM-41 leads to the improved separation efficiency of electrons and holes photoexcited in g-C₃N₄. By introducing Ti into the MCM-41 framework structure to create [Ti⁴⁺-O^2-] active centers, the visible light driven photocatalytic activity of the obtained Ti-MCM-41/g-C₃N₄ was further increased, with hydrogen production rate reaching 80.76 μmol h^-1 g^-1, which was 1.6 times as high as that of pure g-C₃N₄. In the Ti-MCM-41/g-C₃N₄ composite photocatalysts, the photo-generated electrons in the conduction band of g-C₃N₄ can be easily transferred to the [Ti⁴⁺-O^2-] active centers in Ti-MCM-41 framework, hence, the separation efficiency of the photo-generated charge carriers was further improved, achieving higher photocatalytic activity of Ti-MCM-41/g-C₃N₄ than MCM-41/g-C₃N₄ as well as pure g-C₃N₄.

Original language	British English
Pages (from-to)	111-117
Number of pages	7
Journal	Applied Catalysis A: General
Volume	521
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2015.11.004
State	Published - 5 Jul 2016

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Active centers
g-CN
Photocatalytic hydrogen production
Ti-MCM-41

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