A Low-Cost Metal-Free Photocatalyst Based on Black Phosphorus

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Author(s)

  • Min Wen
  • Jiahong Wang
  • Ruifeng Tong
  • Danni Liu
  • Hao Huang
  • Ying Yu
  • Zhang-Kai Zhou
  • Xue-Feng Yu

Detail(s)

Original languageEnglish
Article number1801321
Journal / PublicationAdvanced Science
Volume6
Issue number1
Online published9 Nov 2018
Publication statusPublished - 9 Jan 2019

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Abstract

An efficient metal-free photocatalyst composed of black phosphorus (BP) and graphitic carbon nitride (CN) is prepared on a large scale by ball milling. Using economical urea and red phosphorus (RP) as the raw materials, the estimated materials cost of BP/CN is 0.235 Euro per gram. The BP/CN heterostructure shows efficient charge separation and possesses abundant active sites, giving rise to excellent photocatalytic H2 evolution and rhodamine B (RhB) degradation efficiency. Without using a co-catalyst, the metal-free BP/CN emits H2 consistently at a rate as large as 786 µmol h−1 g−1 and RhB is decomposed in merely 25 min during visible-light irradiation. The corresponding electron/hole transfer and catalytic mechanisms are analyzed and described. The efficient metal-free catalyst is promising in visible-light photocatalysis and the simple ball-milling synthetic method can be readily scaled up.

Research Area(s)

  • 2D materials, black phosphorus, hydrogen evolution, photocatalysis

Citation Format(s)

A Low-Cost Metal-Free Photocatalyst Based on Black Phosphorus. / Wen, Min; Wang, Jiahong; Tong, Ruifeng et al.
In: Advanced Science, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1801321, 09.01.2019.

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