Monolayer fullerene networks as photocatalysts for overall water splitting

B Peng - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic water splitting can produce hydrogen in an environmentally friendly way and
provide alternative energy sources to reduce global carbon emissions. Recently, monolayer …

Few‐Layer Fullerene Network for Photocatalytic Pure Water Splitting into H2 and H2O2

T Wang, L Zhang, J Wu, M Chen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A few‐layer fullerene network possesses several advantageous characteristics, including a
large surface area, abundant active sites, high charge mobility, and an appropriate band …

Fast Photoelectron Transfer in (Cring)–C3N4 Plane Heterostructural Nanosheets for Overall Water Splitting

W Che, W Cheng, T Yao, F Tang, W Liu… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Direct and efficient photocatalytic water splitting is critical for sustainable conversion and
storage of renewable solar energy. Here, we propose a conceptual design of two …

Tailoring the Electronic Band Gap and Band Edge Positions in the C2N Monolayer by P and As Substitution for Photocatalytic Water Splitting

MR Ashwin Kishore, P Ravindran - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Exploiting earth-abundant and low-cost photocatalysts for high efficiency photocatalytic
water splitting is of profound significance. Herein, we report an improved photocatalytic …

Metal-free highly efficient photocatalysts for overall water splitting: C 3 N 5 multilayers

S Qi, Y Fan, J Wang, X Song, W Li, M Zhao - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
As a promising means of renewable energy storage, the production of molecular hydrogen
and oxygen from photocatalytic water splitting has gained increasing interest. The optimal …

Bandgap opening of graphdiyne monolayer via B, N-codoping for photocatalytic overall water splitting: design strategy from DFT studies

J Xu, Q Wan, M Anpo, S Lin - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2020 - ACS Publications
While the hydrogen evolution reaction obtained during photocatalytic water splitting is easily
facilitated by existing photocatalysts, the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) exhibits very …

A two-dimensional layered CdS/C 2 N heterostructure for visible-light-driven photocatalysis

X Luo, G Wang, Y Huang, B Wang, H Yuan… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, we employ hybrid density functional theory calculations to design a two-
dimensional layered CdS/C2N heterostructure for visible light photocatalytic water splitting …

Two-dimensional blue-phase CX (X= S, Se) monolayers with high carrier mobility and tunable photocatalytic water splitting capability

S Li, M Shi, J Yu, S Li, S Lei, L Lin, J Wang - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic water splitting utilizing solar energy is considered as one of the most ideal
strategies for solving the energy and environmental issues. Recently, two-dimensional (2D) …

Nonadiabatic dynamics of photocatalytic water splitting on a polymeric semiconductor

P You, C Lian, D Chen, J Xu, C Zhang, S Meng… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
To elucidate the nature of light-driven photocatalytic water splitting, a polymeric
semiconductor—graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)—has been chosen as a prototype …

Influence of hydrogen and halogen adsorption on the photocatalytic water splitting activity of C2N monolayer: A first-principles study

MRA Kishore, AO Sjåstad, P Ravindran - Carbon, 2019 - Elsevier
Adsorption of impurity atoms or molecules on the surface of photocatalysts may improve or
worsen the photocatalytic activity due to chemical bond relaxations. Herein, we demonstrate …