• 文献标题:   Direct Electron Transfer from Upconversion Graphene Quantum Dots to TiO2 Enabling Infrared Light-Driven Overall Water Splitting
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   JIA DM, LI XY, CHI QQ, LOW JX, DENG P, WU WB, WANG YK, ZHU KL, LI WH, XU MQ, XU XD, JIA G, YE W, GAO P, XIONG YJ
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  • 出版物名称:   RESEARCH
  • ISSN:   2096-5168 EI 2639-5274
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  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.34133/2022/9781453
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Utilization of infrared light in photocatalytic water splitting is highly important yet challenging given its large proportion in sunlight. Although upconversion material may photogenerate electrons with sufficient energy, the electron transfer between upconversion material and semiconductor is inefficient limiting overall photocatalytic performance. In this work, a TiO2/graphene quantum dot (GQD) hybrid system has been designed with intimate interface, which enables highly efficient transfer of photogenerated electrons from GQDs to TiO2. The designed hybrid material with high photogenerated electron density displays photocatalytic activity under infrared light (20 mW cm(-2)) for overall water splitting (H-2: 60.4 mu mol g(cat.)(-1)h(-1) and O-2: 30.0 mu mol g(cat.)(-1)h(-1)). With infrared light well harnessed, the system offers a solar-to-hydrogen (STH) efficiency of 0.80% in full solar spectrum. This work provides new insight into harnessing charge transfer between upconversion materials and semiconductor photocatalysts and opens a new avenue for designing photocatalysts toward working under infrared light.