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Title: Hierarchical NiO@N-doped carbon microspheres with ultrathin nanosheet subunits as excellent photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution
Authors: Zhan, Wenwen
Yuan, Yusheng
Sun, Liming
Yuan, Yaya
Han, Xiguang
Zhao, Yanli
Keywords: Science::Chemistry
Issue Date: 2019
Source: Zhan, W., Yuan, Y., Sun, L., Yuan, Y., Han, X. & Zhao, Y. (2019). Hierarchical NiO@N-doped carbon microspheres with ultrathin nanosheet subunits as excellent photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution. Small, 15(22), 1901024-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.201901024
Project: RG5/16
RG11/17
RG114/17
Journal: Small
Abstract: Achieving highly efficient hierarchical photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution is always challenging. Herein, hierarchical mesoporous NiO@N-doped carbon microspheres (HNINC) are successfully fabricated with ultrathin nanosheet subunits as high-performance photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution. The unique architecture of N-doped carbon layers and hierarchical mesoporous structures from HNINC could effectively facilitate the separation and transfer of photo-induced electron-hole pairs and afford rich active sites for photocatalytic reactions, leading to a significantly higher H₂ production rate than NiO deposited with platinum. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the migration path of the photo-generated electron transfer is from Ni 3d and O 2p hybrid states of NiO to the C 2p state of graphite, while the photo-generated holes locate at Ni 4s and Ni 4p hybrid states of NiO, which is beneficial to improve the separation of photo-generated electron-hole pairs. Gibbs free energy of the intermediate state for hydrogen evolution reaction is calculated to provide a fundamental understanding of the high H₂ production rate of HNINC. This research sheds light on developing novel photocatalysts for efficient hydrogen evolution.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/150838
ISSN: 1613-6810
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201901024
Schools: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences 
Rights: © 2019 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. All rights reserved.
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