• 文献标题:   Edge-selectively amidated graphene for boosting H-2-evolution activity of TiO2 photocatalyst
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI HT, WANG P, YI XQ, YU HG
  • 作者关键词:   tio2, amidated graphene, amino group, photocatalytic h2 evolution
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED CATALYSIS BENVIRONMENTAL
  • ISSN:   0926-3373 EI 1873-3883
  • 通讯作者地址:   Wuhan Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   12
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.118504
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

To accelerate the H-2-evolution performance of graphene-modified photocatalytic materials, increasing effective interfacial active sites on graphene surface is greatly important. In this paper, ethylenediamine (EDA) as new and efficient interfacial H-2-evolution active sites was edge-selectively grafted on the reduced graphene oxide (rGO). Herein, the EDA-amidated graphene/TiO2 (TiO2/rGO-EDA) was successfully prepared by a facile acylation reaction via a selective reaction of amino groups in EDA with carboxylic groups on graphene edge. The highest H-2-evolution activity of TiO2/rGO-EDA reached 224.9 mu mol h(-1) g(-1), which was 3.96 and 1.53 times as high as that of TiO2 and TiO2/rGO, respectively. This can be attributed to the fact that the amino groups of amidated graphene act as active sites to efficiently adsorb H+ due to their strong nucleophilicity and then to accelerate the interfacial H-2-evolution reaction. Our paper demonstrates that the amino group is a promising H-2-evolution active site for developing new functionalized graphene-based photocatalysts.