title: Nature-Inspired Environmental "Phosphorylation" Boosts Photocatalytic H2 Production over Carbon Nitride Nanosheets under Visible-Light Irradiation.
abstract: Inspired by the crucial roles of phosphates in natural photosynthesis, we explored an environmental "phosphorylation" strategy for boosting photocatalytic H2 production over g-C3N4 nanosheets under visible light. As expected, a substantial improvement was observed in the rate of H2 evolution to 947 μmol h(-1), and the apparent quantum yield was as high as 26.1% at 420 nm. The synergy of enhanced proton reduction and improved hole oxidation is proposed to account for the markedly increased activity. Our findings may provide a promising and facile approach to highly efficient photocatalysis for solar-energy conversion.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Remediation Materials Unit and International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044 (Japan).|Graduate School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0814 (Japan).
authors.forename: Guigao
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Environmental Remediation Materials Unit and International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044 (Japan).
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Environmental Remediation Materials Unit and International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044 (Japan).
authors.forename: Huabin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Environmental Remediation Materials Unit and International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044 (Japan).|Graduate School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0814 (Japan).
authors.forename: Xianguang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.affiliation: Environmental Remediation Materials Unit and International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044 (Japan).
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.affiliation: Environmental Remediation Materials Unit and International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044 (Japan).
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Environmental Remediation Materials Unit and International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044 (Japan). LI.Peng@nims.go.jp.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Environmental Remediation Materials Unit and International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044 (Japan).
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kako
authors.affiliation: Environmental Remediation Materials Unit and International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044 (Japan). Jinhua.YE@nims.go.jp.|Graduate School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0814 (Japan). Jinhua.YE@nims.go.jp.|TU-NIMS Joint Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin (P. R. China). Jinhua.YE@nims.go.jp.|Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072 (P. R. China). Jinhua.YE@nims.go.jp.
authors.forename: Jinhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ye
keywords: energy conversion; graphitic carbon nitride; hydrogen production; photocatalysis; photosynthesis