Novel g-C3N4/CoO Nanocomposites with Significantly Enhanced Visible-Light Photocatalytic Activity for H2 Evolution

• DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b00370
• Publication Date: 2017-03-24T13:29:02Z
• Authors: Zhiyong Mao; Jingjing Chen; Yanfang Yang; Dajian Wang; Lijian Bie; Bradley D. Fahlman
• Keywords: Visible spectrum

Novel g-C3N4/CoO nanocomposite application for photocatalytic H2 evolution were designed and fabricated the first time in this work. The structure morphology of investigated by a wide range characterization methods. obtained composites exhibited more-efficient utilization solar energy than pure g-C3N4 did, resulting higher activity evolution. optimum photoactivity under visible-light irradiation with CoO mass content 0.5 wt % (651.3 μmol h–1 g–1) was up to 3 times as high that (220.16 g–1). remarkably increased performance mainly attributed synergistic effect junction or interface formed between CoO.