• 文献标题:   Bridging N-doped graphene and carbon rich C3N4 layers for photopromoted multi-functional electrocatalysts
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YANG YM, HU BS, ZHAO WB, YANG Q, YANG F, REN JC, LI XG, JIN Y, FANG L, PAN QJ
  • 作者关键词:   ndoped graphene, carbonrich c3n4, photoelectrochemical catalysi, synergism, separation transfer of charge
  • 出版物名称:   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
  • ISSN:   0013-4686 EI 1873-3859
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chongqing Univ
  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.electacta.2019.05.140
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Distinctive electronegativity and similar atomic radius for elements of C and N afford their allotropic substances composed of these two elements with excellent photo-and electro-chemical performance for energy conversion. To explore the synergetic roles of allotropic substances, carbon-rich C3N4 (CCN) is insitu hydrothermally synthesized with the N-doped graphene (NG) grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) as the template to prepare the N-doped graphene/carbon-rich C3N4 composite. Compared to the N-doped graphene and carbon-rich C3N4, N-doped graphene/carbon-rich C3N4 composite exhibits the remarkable enhancement of catalytic activities toward hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Particularly, visible light irradiation can significantly improve the catalytic performance of N-doped graphene/carbon-rich C3N4 toward the above three reactions. Further results confirm that N-doped graphene/carbon-rich C3N4 exhibits the improved electrochemically active surface area (ECSA), light-harvesting ability, effective separation of electron-hole pairs, and interfacial charge transfer as compared to the N-doped graphene and carbon-rich C3N4 which should be originated from the efficient bridging between N-doped graphene and carbon-rich C3N4 layers. Our elucidation facilitates to pave their promising applications in microelectronic devices, wearable devices, photoelectrochemical batteries, sensors and other fields. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.