Author Affiliations
11. School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China22. School of the Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China33. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225127, Chinashow less
1. (a) XRD patterns of 2D g-C3N4, and 10% CoN/2D g-C3N4 samples, and CoN, (b) FT-IR spectra of 2D g-C3N4, and CoN/2D g-C3N4 samples, (c) UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectra of 2D g-C3N4, and CoN/2D g-C3N4 samples, and CoN, (d) N2 adsorption-desorption isomers of 2D g-C3N4 and 10% CoN/2D g-C3N4
2. SEM images of (a) 2D g-C3N4, (b) CoN and (c) 10% CoN/2D g-C3N4, and (d, e) TEM images and (f) HR-TEM image of 10% CoN/2D g-C3N4
3. (a) Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution with photocatalysts under visible light irradiation, and (b) hydrogen evolution stability test of 10% CoN/2D g-C3N4 under visible light irradiation (10% TEOA as sacrificial agent, 10 mg catalyst usage, xenon lamp as light source, λ>400 nm)
4. (a) Steady-state PL spectra excited at 384 nm, (b) photocurrent-time dependence, (c) electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS) of 2D g-C3N4 and 10% CoN/2D g-C3N4, and (d) Motschottky (MS) curves of 2D g-C3N4 and 10% CoN/2D g-C3N4
5. ESR spectra of (a, c) DMPO-·O2- and (b, d) ·OH O2- and (b, d) ·OH (a, b) under visible-light irradiation and (c, d) without light irradiation of the 2D g-C3N4 and 10% CoN/2D g-C3N4
S1. (a) SEM image of 10% CoN/2D g-C3N4, (b-d) EDS elemental mappings from C, N and Co corresponding to 10% CoN/2D g-C3N4
S2. (a) XPS survey spectra of 10% CoN/2D g-C3N4 and 2D g-C3N4, (b) Co2p XPS spectra of CoN and 10% CoN/2D g-C3N4, (c) C1s and (d) N1s XPS spectra of 2D g-C3N4 and 10% CoN/2D g-C3N4
Photocatalyst | Type of strategy | HER performance
/(μmol·g-1·h-1)
| Ref. |
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CoN/2D g-C3N4 | Nanosheets Nanostructure | 403.6 | This
work
| Melem Oligomer | Functional group | 90 | [6] | MoS2/g-C3N4 | Cocatalyst | 7.5 | [7] | BP/g-C3N4 | Cocatalyst | 43 | [8] | MoSe2/g-C3N4 | Cocatalyst | 7.5 | [9] | p-n junction of
g-C3N4 | Type II | 140 | [10] | g-C3N4-NaI-WO3 | Z-scheme | 36 | [11] | W18O49/g-C3N4 | Plasmonic effect | 4.8 | [12] |
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Table 1. Different types of strategies for g-C3N4 and their hydrogen evolution performance