Plasmonic Au nanoclusters dispersed in nitrogen-doped graphene as a robust photocatalyst for light-to-hydrogen conversion-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Plasmonic Au nanoclusters dispersed in nitrogen-doped graphene as a robust photocatalyst for light-to-hydrogen conversion

Published:2021 Issue:40 Volume:9 Page:22810-22819
ISSN:2050-7488
Container-title:Journal of Materials Chemistry A
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Mater. Chem. A

Author:

Van Dao Dung¹^ORCID,Cipriano Luis A.²^ORCID,Di Liberto Giovanni²^ORCID,Nguyen Thuy T. D.³,Ki Sang-Woo⁴,Son Hoki¹,Kim Gyu-Cheol¹,Lee Kang Hyun⁵,Yang Jin-Kyu⁴,Yu Yeon-Tae³,Pacchioni Gianfranco²^ORCID,Lee In-Hwan¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea

2. Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Via Roberto Cozzi 55, Milano 20125, Italy

3. Division of Advanced Materials Engineering, Research Center of Advanced Materials Development, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea

4. Department of Optical Engineering, Kongju National University, Cheonan 31080, Republic of Korea

5. Department of Semiconductor Systems Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea

Abstract

Au nanoclusters (2.18 wt%) consisting of a few tens of atoms supported nitrogen-doped graphene deliver an impressive hydrogen evolution reaction rate of 3.16 μmol mgcat−1 h−1 under visible-light irradiation and a high maximum quantum yield of 14.3%.

Funder

Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca

Dipartimenti di Eccellenza

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Materials Science,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2021/TA/D1TA05445G

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