Siloxene nanosheets: a metal-free semiconductor for water splitting

Shuang Li; Hui Wang; Dandan Li; Xiaodong Zhang; Yufeng Wang; Junfeng Xie; Jingyao Wang; Yupeng Tian; Wenxiu Ni; Yi Xie

doi:10.1039/C6TA07545B

Siloxene nanosheets: a metal-free semiconductor for water splitting†

Shuang Li,^a Hui Wang,^a Dandan Li,^b Xiaodong Zhang,*^a Yufeng Wang,^a Junfeng Xie,^a Jingyao Wang,^a Yupeng Tian,^b Wenxiu Ni^c and Yi Xie*^a

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^a Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China
E-mail: zhxid@ustc.edu.cn, yxie@ustc.edu.cn

^b Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China

^c Department of Chemistry, Shantou University, Shantou, P. R. China

Abstract

Exploring efficient semiconductors for water splitting to produce hydrogen is considered as one of the most promising approaches to solve the world energy crisis. Herein, for the first time, we highlight that metal-free siloxene nanosheets can serve as a photocatalyst for efficient water splitting without the addition of any cocatalyst or sacrificial agent.

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Siloxene nanosheets: a metal-free semiconductor for water splitting†

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