Finely dispersed Au nanoparticles on graphitic carbon nitride as highly active photocatalyst for hydrogen peroxide production

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133576

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Zuo, G., Liu, S., Wang, L., Song, H., Zong, P., Hou, W., Li, B., Guo, Z., Meng, X., Du, Y., Wang, T. & Roy, V. A. L. (2019). Finely dispersed Au nanoparticles on graphitic carbon nitride as highly active photocatalyst for hydrogen peroxide production. Catalysis Communications, 123 69-72.

Abstract

In this work, graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) supporting finely dispersed Au nanoparticles is developed as a simple and efficient photocatalyst for H 2 O 2 production under visible light irradiation. Au nanoparticle cocatalyst remarkably enhances photocatalytic activity of C 3 N 4 for H 2 O 2 production. Due to the inert nature to catalyze the decomposition of H 2 O 2 , Au/C 3 N 4 also exhibits stable H 2 O 2 evolution rate. It is of great interest that the maximal H 2 O 2 production activity is reached at the loading amount of Au as low as 0.01%, revealing the great catalytic efficacy of highly dispersed Au cocatalyst during the photocatalytic H 2 O 2 synthesis and the possibility to produce concentrated H 2 O 2 using C 3 N 4 with extremely low Au loading amount. The in situ electron spin resonance studies reveal that the H 2 O 2 is produced through direct 2e − oxygen reduction over Au/C 3 N 4 photocatalyst.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2019.02.011