TY  - JOUR
AB  - © 2019 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim It is of great significance to fabricate a full-spectrum-active photocatalysts for more efficient utilization of solar energy. An improved metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) mechanism is proposed for a photocatalyst based on graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4). UV/Vis spectroscopy indicates that the as-prepared photocatalyst absorbs light at ?<1100 nm. The rather stable photocatalyst is found to be 26.1 times more active in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution (868.9 ?mol h?1 g?1) than bulk g-C3N4 (B-CN) under visible light. The material exhibits high activity under near-infrared (NIR) irradiation (49.1 ?mol h?1 g?1). The mechanism of photocatalytic activity and stability are investigated by both experiment and theory. This proposed mechanism may have great potential for engineering renewable photocatalysts in the future.
AU  - Wang, S
AU  - Shen, C
AU  - Xu, Y
AU  - Zhong, Y
AU  - Wang, C
AU  - Yang, S
AU  - Wang, G
DA  - 2019/09/20
DO  - 10.1002/cssc.201901609
EP  - 4228
JO  - ChemSusChem
PY  - 2019/09/20
SP  - 4221
TI  - An Improved Metal-to-Ligand Charge Transfer Mechanism for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
VL  - 12
Y1  - 2019/09/20
Y2  - 2026/07/04
ER  -