{"title":"Metal atom-induced microenvironment regulation in polymeric carbon nitride for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution","authors":"Daming Zhao \n (, ), Yuxiao Yang \n (, ), Vasileios Binas, Shaohua Shen \n (, )","doi":"10.1007/s40843-024-2870-1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Developing high-efficiency and stable semiconductor photocatalysts is crucial for realizing the practical applications of photocatalysis. Polymeric carbon nitride (CN) has been verified as a promising candidate for photocatalytic H<sub>2</sub> evolution due to a series of outstanding physicochemical properties. Over the past decade, significant progress has been made in enhancing the photocatalytic H<sub>2</sub> evolution of CN-based photocatalysts through various strategies based on thermodynamics or kinetics. Recently, metal atom decoration has provided a new avenue for modifying CN by precisely regulating its microenvironment. This paper provides a comprehensive review of recent advancements in metal atom-decorated CN photocatalysts for photocatalytic H<sub>2</sub> evolution <i>via</i> water splitting, encompassing single metal atom decorated CN, dual metal atoms decorated CN, and single metal atom and cluster co-decorated CN, in which the vital roles of metal atoms are highlighted. Furthermore, the challenges and opportunities in the development of advanced CN-supported metal atom photocatalysts are thoroughly summarized.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":773,"journal":{"name":"Science China Materials","volume":"67 6","pages":"1765 - 1779"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Science China Materials","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40843-024-2870-1","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Developing high-efficiency and stable semiconductor photocatalysts is crucial for realizing the practical applications of photocatalysis. Polymeric carbon nitride (CN) has been verified as a promising candidate for photocatalytic H2 evolution due to a series of outstanding physicochemical properties. Over the past decade, significant progress has been made in enhancing the photocatalytic H2 evolution of CN-based photocatalysts through various strategies based on thermodynamics or kinetics. Recently, metal atom decoration has provided a new avenue for modifying CN by precisely regulating its microenvironment. This paper provides a comprehensive review of recent advancements in metal atom-decorated CN photocatalysts for photocatalytic H2 evolution via water splitting, encompassing single metal atom decorated CN, dual metal atoms decorated CN, and single metal atom and cluster co-decorated CN, in which the vital roles of metal atoms are highlighted. Furthermore, the challenges and opportunities in the development of advanced CN-supported metal atom photocatalysts are thoroughly summarized.
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Science China Materials (SCM) is a globally peer-reviewed journal that covers all facets of materials science. It is supervised by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and co-sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The journal is jointly published monthly in both printed and electronic forms by Science China Press and Springer. The aim of SCM is to encourage communication of high-quality, innovative research results at the cutting-edge interface of materials science with chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering. It focuses on breakthroughs from around the world and aims to become a world-leading academic journal for materials science.