• 文献标题:   Solar-heating thermocatalytic H-2 production from formic acid by a MoS2-graphene-nickel foam composite
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BAI XH, LI SP, ZHANG YF, ZHU SL, GAO LJ, CONG RD, YU W, WANG SF, LIANG BL, LI YG
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  • 出版物名称:   GREEN CHEMISTRY
  • ISSN:   1463-9262 EI 1463-9270
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  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1039/d1gc02012a EA AUG 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Sunlight driven formic acid decomposition has great potential to supply high-purity H-2 without consuming fossil fuel-derived energy. However, a trace amount of CO invariably exists in the obtained H-2 and the H-2 production rate is always lower than 278 mmol g(-1) h(-1). Here, we found that high quality MoS2 grown on graphene decorated on Ni foam (Ni/G/MoS2) was active and stable for H-2 production from thermocatalytic formic acid decomposition without CO presentation and first principles calculation confirmed that the perfect surface terminating sulfur of MoS2 changed the reaction path of intermediates, thus inhibiting the production of CO. Furthermore, a reaction device constructed with Cu2Se can heat catalysts to 120 and 260 degrees C under 0.25 kW m(-2) and 1 kW m(-2) (1 Sun) of irradiation, respectively. By using the system of the Cu2Se based reaction device and Ni/G/MoS2, a CO free H-2 production rate of 982 mmol g(-1) h(-1) was achieved under 0.6 Sun of irradiation, 3.5 times higher than the previous record of photocatalytic formic acid decomposition. Therefore, this work provides a new viewpoint for large scale CO free H-2 production in a sustainable and green way.