Inorganic/organic hybrid interfacial internal electric field modulated charge separation of resorcinol-formaldehyde resin for boosting photocatalytic H2O2 production
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Abstract
The strategy of inorganic/organic semiconductor material hybridization is of great significance for the development of highly active photocatalysts. Resorcinol-formaldehyde (RF) resin with a special donor-acceptor (D-A) structure shows excellent performance in the photocatalytic production of HO. However, the lack of an internal driving force for the separation and transfer of photogenerated electrons and holes in RF resin greatly limits the performance of HO production. Herein, an inorganic/organic hybrid core-shell structure ZnS@RF photocatalyst was prepared by directionally induced coating of RF resin shells of different thicknesses on the surface of monodisperse ZnS nanospheres. Consequently, the photocatalytic HO performance of ZnS@RF with the optimal RF resin shell thickness reaches 367.9 μmol L, which is 69 and 2 times that of ZnS and HRF, respectively. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations and related characterization results collectively demonstrate that the excellent photocatalytic HO production performance of ZnS@RF photocatalyst is mainly attributed to the internal electric field (IEF) formed at the hybrid interface of ZnS and RF heterojunction and the optimization of RF shell thickness, which significantly enhances the separation and transfer of photogenerated carriers and modulates the interfacial catalytic reaction kinetics. This work opens up an avenue for designing inorganic/organic hybrid heterojunction photocatalyst materials with excellent photocatalytic activity.
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The Chemical Engineering Journal is an international research journal that invites contributions of original and novel fundamental research. It aims to provide an international platform for presenting original fundamental research, interpretative reviews, and discussions on new developments in chemical engineering. The journal welcomes papers that describe novel theory and its practical application, as well as those that demonstrate the transfer of techniques from other disciplines. It also welcomes reports on carefully conducted experimental work that is soundly interpreted. The main focus of the journal is on original and rigorous research results that have broad significance. The Catalysis section within the Chemical Engineering Journal focuses specifically on Experimental and Theoretical studies in the fields of heterogeneous catalysis, molecular catalysis, and biocatalysis. These studies have industrial impact on various sectors such as chemicals, energy, materials, foods, healthcare, and environmental protection.