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Hydrogen production using zinc-doped carbon nitride catalyst irradiated with visible light

2011; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 12; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1088/1468-6996/12/3/034401

1878-5514

Bing Yue, Qiuye Li, Hideo Iwaï, Tetsuya Kako, Jinhua Ye,

Ga2O3 and related materials

Recently, graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has been investigated as a photocatalyst for water splitting and organic dye degradation. In this study, we have developed a simple soft-chemical method of doping Zn into g-C3N4 to prepare a metal-containing carbon nitride. The doping was confirmed by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and diffusion reflectance spectra revealed a significant red shift in the absorption edge of Zn/g-C3N4. This hybrid material shows high photocatalytic activity and good stability for hydrogen evolution from an aqueous methanol solution under visible light irradiation (λ≥420 nm). The hydrogen evolution rate was more than 10 times higher for a 10%-Zn/g-C3N4 sample (59.5 μmol h-1) than for pure g-C3N4. The maximum quantum yield was 3.2% at 420 nm.