Abstract
Hydrogen evolution by photocatalytic technology has been one of the most promising and attractive solutions, and can harvest and convert the abundant solar energy into green, renewable hydrogen energy. As a new kind of photocatalytic material, graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has drawn much attention in photocataluytic H2 production due to its visible light response, ease of preparation and good stability. For a higher photocatalyic performance, N defects were introduced in to the traditional g-C3N4 in this work. The existence of N defects was proved by adequate material characterization. Significantly, a new absorption region at around 500 nm of N-deficient g-C3N4 appeared, revealing the exciting n-π* transition of lone pair electrons. The photocatalytic H2 production performance of N-deficient g-C3N4 was increased by 5.8 times. The enhanced photocatalytic performance of N-deficient g-C3N4 was attributed to the enhanced visible light absorption, as well as the promoted separation of photo-generated carries and increased specific surface area.
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