Building Oxime-Ni2+ Complex on Polymeric Carbon Nitride: Molecular-Level Design of Highly Efficient Hydrogen Generation Photocatalysts
2020
We report an effective strategy to in-situ construct oxime-Ni2+ complex unit on polymeric carbon nitride (PCN) as molecular catalyst for highly efficient hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The PCN was functionalized with oxime groups that allowed for immobilizing Ni2+ to form oxime-Ni2+ complex units on the PCN surface with uniform distribution. The electrochemical characterizations reveal that these oxime-Ni2+ units can effectively capture photogenerated electrons from PCN, and serve as active catalytic sites for proton reduction. Notably, the oxime-Ni2+ enriched PCN showed even higher activities for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution than the Pt-loaded PCN. This work provides a new way to synthesize low cost photocatalysts with surface grafting of noble-metal-free molecular HER catalysts for efficient light-driven hydrogen generation.
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