V-doped Ni₂P nanoparticle grafted g-C₃N₄ nanosheets for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance under visible light

Abstract

Exploring low-cost and highly active photocatalysts with noble-metal-free cocatalyst is of great significance for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution under simulate sunlight irradiation. In this work, a novel V doping Ni2P nanoparticles...

Sulfur vacancies and a Ni2P co-catalyst synergistically boost the photocatalytic H2 evolution of Zn0.5Cd0.5S

“…26–29 Among these transition-metal phosphates, Ni 2 P exhibits synergistic catalytic properties as precious metals since it possesses the special properties of metal compounds and excellent electrical conductivity, which has piqued the interest of many researchers. 30–33 Based on previous work, we speculate that the simultaneous introduction of S vacancies and co-catalysts in photocatalytic materials may greatly promote the separation and transfer efficiency of photo-generated carriers, so as to obtain good photocatalytic hydrogen production performance.…”

Controlled synthesis of 2D–2D conductive metal–organic framework/g-C3N4 heterojunctions for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

“…10–13 However, bulk g-C 3 N 4 suffers from poor charge separation, insufficient visible light absorption, and few catalytic sites, which significantly reduces the photocatalytic efficiency. 14–16 One of the prevailing approaches in photocatalytic studies involves the integration of g-C 3 N 4 nanosheets with other semiconductors to fabricate heterojunctions. However, the coupling of commonly used classic metal oxide semiconductors, including WO 3 and Fe 2 O 3 , consistently produces poor dimension matching, and charge separation is still constrained by the weak electron transport capacity.…”

Bromoargentate/g-C3N4 heterojunction by in situ growth: 2-D bromoargentate framework with a transition metal complex linker and cocatalyst for enhanced photocatalytic activity via g-C3N4 hybrid

“…14 c ,15 As a 2-D polymeric semiconductor, g-C 3 N 4 can construct various cocatalysts with well-matched energy levels of other semiconductors to form heterostructures. Many g-C 3 N 4 -based composites with different components and compositions have been prepared by loading metals, 16 metal oxides, 17 or metal sulfides 18 on the surface of g-C 3 N 4 layers. In recent years, the synthesis of g-C 3 N 4 -based semiconductor cocatalysts by loading metal organic frameworks (MOFs) has attracted increasing interest.…”