A cocatalyst-free Eosin Y-sensitized p-type of Co3O4 quantum dot for highly efficient and stable visible-light-driven water reduction and hydrogen production

Ning Zhang; Jinwen Shi; Fujun Niu; Jian Wang; Liejin Guo

doi:10.1039/C5CP02983J

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A cocatalyst-free Eosin Y-sensitized p-type of Co₃O₄ quantum dot for highly efficient and stable visible-light-driven water reduction and hydrogen production†

Ning Zhang,^a Jinwen Shi,^a Fujun Niu,^a Jian Wang^a and Liejin Guo*^a

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^a International Research Center for Renewable Energy (IRCRE), State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering (MFPE), Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU), 28 West Xianning Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, P. R. China
E-mail: lj-guo@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

Abstract

Owing to the effect of energy band bending, p-type Co₃O₄ quantum dots sensitized by Eosin Y showed a high and stable photocatalytic activity (∼13 440 μmol h⁻¹ g⁻¹_cat) for water reduction and hydrogen production under visible-light irradiation without any cocatalyst.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CP02983J
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 23 May 2015
Accepted: 16 Jul 2015
First published: 20 Jul 2015

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Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015,17, 21397-21400

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A cocatalyst-free Eosin Y-sensitized p-type of Co₃O₄ quantum dot for highly efficient and stable visible-light-driven water reduction and hydrogen production

N. Zhang, J. Shi, F. Niu, J. Wang and L. Guo, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 21397 DOI: 10.1039/C5CP02983J

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