化学
光催化
过氧化氢
间苯二酚
化学工程
光化学
催化作用
兴奋剂
人工光合作用
能量转换效率
材料科学
有机化学
光电子学
工程类
作者
Yasuhiro Shiraishi,Masako Matsumoto,Satoshi Ichikawa,Shunsuke Tanaka,Takayuki Hirai
摘要
The generation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) from water and dioxygen by sunlight-driven heterogeneous photocatalysis is a promising method for the artificial photosynthesis of a liquid solar fuel. We previously found that resorcinol–formaldehyde (RF) resin powders prepared by high-temperature hydrothermal synthesis act as highly active semiconductor photocatalysts for H2O2 generation. Herein, we report that RF resin powders doped with poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (RF/P3HT) exhibit enhanced photocatalytic activities. The highly dispersed P3HT within the resin particles created charge transfer complexes with the conduction band of the resin via electron donation, facilitating efficient transfer of the photogenerated conduction band electrons through P3HT. This enhanced charge separation promoted efficient water oxidation and O2 reduction. The solar-to-chemical conversion efficiency for H2O2 generation on the RF/P3HT resin in water under simulated sunlight irradiation with atmospheric pressure of O2 was ∼1.0%, which is the highest efficiency reported for powder catalysts in artificial photosynthesis.
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