“An Inorganic/Organic S‐Scheme Heterojunction H 2 ‐Production Photocatalyst and its Charge Transfer Mechanism” (2021), by Chang Cheng et al. Energy research paper. Original abstract below, unchanged. No free PDF was found.

An Inorganic/Organic S‐Scheme Heterojunction H 2 ‐Production Photocatalyst and its Charge Transfer Mechanism

Chang Cheng, Bowen He, Jiajie Fan et al. · April 26, 2021 · Energy

Abstract

Inspired by natural photosynthesis, constructing inorganic/organic heterojunctions is regarded as an effective strategy to design high‐efficiency photocatalysts. Herein, a step (S)‐scheme heterojunction photocatalyst is prepared by in situ growth of an inorganic semiconductor firmly on an organic semiconductor. A new pyrene‐based conjugated polymer, pyrene‐ alt ‐triphenylamine (PT), is synthesized via the typical Suzuki–Miyaura reactions, and then employed as a substrate to anchor CdS nanocrystals. The optimized CdS/PT composite, coupling 2 wt% PT with CdS, exhibits a robust H 2 evolution rate of 9.28 mmol h −1 g −1 with continuous release of H 2 bubbles, as well as a high apparent quantum efficiency of 24.3%, which is ≈8 times that of pure CdS. The S‐scheme charge transfer mechanism between PT and CdS, is systematically demonstrated by photoirradiated Kelvin probe measurement and in situ irradiated X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy analyses. This work provides a protocol for preparing specific S‐scheme heterojunction photocatalysts on the basis of inorganic/organic coupling.

Source page DOI: 10.1002/adma.202100317