title: Surface Functionalization of g-C3 N4 : Molecular-Level Design of Noble-Metal-Free Hydrogen Evolution Photocatalysts.
abstract: A stable noble-metal-free hydrogen evolution photocatalyst based on graphite carbon nitride (g-C3 N4 ) was developed by a molecular-level design strategy. Surface functionalization was successfully conducted to introduce a single nickel active site onto the surface of the semiconducting g-C3 N4 . This catalyst family (with less than 0.1 wt % of Ni) has been found to produce hydrogen with a rate near to the value obtained by using 3 wt % platinum as co-catalyst. This new catalyst also exhibits very good stability under hydrogen evolution conditions, without any evidence of deactivation after 24 h.
authors.affiliation: Physical Sciences and Engineering Department, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, 23955-6900 Thuwal (Saudi Arabia).|Catalysis Center, Physical Sciences and Engineering Department, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, 23955-6900 Thuwal (Saudi Arabia).
authors.forename: Yin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Physical Sciences and Engineering Department, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, 23955-6900 Thuwal (Saudi Arabia). lin.bin@kaust.edu.sa.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Physical Sciences and Engineering Department, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, 23955-6900 Thuwal (Saudi Arabia).
authors.forename: Weili
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, (P. R. China).
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: SABIC-CRI at KAUST, 23955-6900, Thuwal (Saudi Arabia).
authors.forename: Shahid M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Bashir
authors.affiliation: Physical Sciences and Engineering Department, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, 23955-6900 Thuwal (Saudi Arabia).
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Catalysis Center, Physical Sciences and Engineering Department, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, 23955-6900 Thuwal (Saudi Arabia). kazuhiro.takanabe@kaust.edu.sa.
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takanabe
authors.affiliation: SABIC-CRI at KAUST, 23955-6900, Thuwal (Saudi Arabia). IdrissH@sabic.com.
authors.forename: Hicham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Idriss
authors.affiliation: Catalysis Center, Physical Sciences and Engineering Department, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, 23955-6900 Thuwal (Saudi Arabia). jeanmarie.basset@kaust.edu.sa.
authors.forename: Jean-Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Basset
keywords: catalyst design; graphite carbon nitride; hydrogen evolution; noble-metal free; surface functionalization