Hexagonal SiC with spatially separated active sites on polar and nonpolar facets achieving enhanced hydrogen production from photocatalytic water reduction-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Hexagonal SiC with spatially separated active sites on polar and nonpolar facets achieving enhanced hydrogen production from photocatalytic water reduction

Published:2018 Issue:7 Volume:20 Page:4787-4792
ISSN:1463-9076
Container-title:Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
language:en
Short-container-title:Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.

Author:

Wang Da¹²³⁴⁵,Liu Ning¹²³⁴⁵,Guo Zhongnan⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰,Wang Wenjun¹²³⁴⁵,Guo Liwei¹²³⁴⁵,Yuan Wenxia⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰^ORCID,Chen Xiaolong¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Research & Development Center for Functional Crystals

2. Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics

3. Institute of Physics

4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

5. Beijing 100190

6. Department of Chemistry

7. School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering

8. University of Science and Technology Beijing

9. Beijing

10. China

Abstract

The spatial separation of the photo-generated electrons and holes between the polar Si-{0001} and non-polar {10−10} crystal facets on 6H-SiC highly improves the photocatalytic activity of water splitting by nearly 5 times.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,General Physics and Astronomy

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2018/CP/C7CP08363G

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