Metal Single‐Atom Cocatalyst on Carbon Nitride for the Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: Effects of Metal Species (Adv. Funct. Mater. 33/2023)

• DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202370202
• Publication Date: 2023-08-19T04:54:53Z
• Authors: Yuki Akinaga; Tokuhisa Kawawaki; Hinano Kameko; Yuki Yamazaki; Kenji Yamazaki; Yuhi Nakayasu; Kosaku Kato; Yuto Tanaka; Adie Tri Hanindriyo; Makito Takagi; Tomomi Shimazaki; Masanori Tachikawa; Akira Yamakata; Yuichi Negishi
• Keywords: Carbon nitride; Graphitic carbon nitride; Carbon fibers; Carbon atom

Single-Atom Catalysts In article number 2303321, Yuichi Negishi, Tokuhisa Kawawaki, and co-workers create single-atom (SA) photocatalysts with high loading weight. Pd SA-loaded carbon nitride (g-C3N4) exhibit the highest photocatalytic H2-evolution activity regarding various metal species because their electronic structures are suitable for proton adsorption. Finally, in comparison to Pd-nanoparticles cocatalyst, 8.6 times higher rate per active site of SA is achieved.