Improved photocatalytic H2 production assisted by aqueous glucose biomass by oxidized g-C3N4 |
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Authors: | Andrea Speltini Andrea Scalabrini Federica Maraschi Michela Sturini Ambra Pisanu Lorenzo Malavasi Antonella Profumo |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy |
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Abstract: | Chemically modified g-C3N4 for the photocatalytic H2 evolution from water was explored. Bulk g-C3N4 was treated in hot HNO3 aqueous solution to obtain the oxidized material (o-g-C3N4), tested in water containing glucose as model water-soluble sacrificial biomass, using Pt as co-catalyst, under simulated solar light. The behaviour of o-g-C3N4 was studied in relation with catalyst amount, Pt loading, glucose concentration. Results showed that H2 production is favoured by increasing glucose concentration up to 0.1 M and Pt loading up to 3 wt%, and it resulted strongly enhanced using small amount of o-g-C3N4 (0.25 g L?1). o-g-C3N4 possesses superior photocatalytic activity (~26-fold higher) compared to pristine g-C3N4, with H2 evolution further improved by ultrasound-assisted exfoliation and evolution rates up to ca. 1370 μmol h?1 per gram of catalyst, with excellent reproducibility (RSD < 6%, n = 3). Significant production was observed also in river water and seawater, with results far better (up to ca. 2500 μmol g?1 h?1) compared to commercial AEROXIDE® P25 TiO2 under natural solar light. |
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Keywords: | Biomass Graphitic carbon nitride Hydrogen Photocatalysis Solar light |
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