Crystalline carbon nitride with in-plane built-in electric field accelerates carrier separation for excellent photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

作     者：Wengao Zeng Yuchen Dong Xiaoyuan Ye Ziying Zhang Tuo Zhang Xiangjiu Guan Liejin Guo Wengao Zeng;Yuchen Dong;Xiaoyuan Ye;Ziying Zhang;Tuo Zhang;Xiangjiu Guan;Liejin Guo

作者机构：International Research Center for Renewable EnergyState Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power EngineeringXi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an 710049China 

出 版 物：《Chinese Chemical Letters》 (中国化学快报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2024年第35卷第4期

页      面：160-165页

核心收录：

学科分类：081702[工学-化学工艺] 07[理学] 081705[工学-工业催化] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 070304[理学-物理化学(含∶化学物理)] 0703[理学-化学] 

基　　金：supported by the Basic Science Center Program for Ordered Energy Conversion of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51888103) the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.52376209 and 52172248) China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Nos.2020M673386 and 2020T130503) China Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities。 

主　　题：Crystalline carbon nitride Built-in electric field Donor-acceptor structure Photocatalysis Hydrogen production 

摘      要：Achieving a high carrier migration efficiency by constructing built-in electric field is one of the promising approaches for promoting photocatalytic activity. Herein, we have designed a donor-acceptor(D-A) crystalline carbon nitride(APMCN) with 4-amino-2,6-dihydroxypyrimidine(AP) as electron donor, in which the pyrimidine ring was well embedded in the heptazine ring via hydrogen-bonding effect during hydrothermal process. The APMCN shows superior charge-transfer due to giant built-in electric field(5.94times higher than pristine carbon nitride), thereby exhibiting excellent photocatalytic H_(2) evolution rate(1350 μmol/h) with a high AQY(62.8%) at 400 nm. Mechanistic analysis based on detailed experimental investigation together with theoretical analysis reveals that the excellent photocatalytic activity is attributed to the promoted charge separation by the giant internal electric field originated from the D–A structure.