Boosting photocatalytic overall water splitting by Co doping into MnO nanoparticles as oxygen evolution cocatalysts.

The effect of cobalt doping into a manganese oxide (tetragonal spinel MnO) nanoparticle cocatalyst up to Co/(Co + Mn) = 0.4 (mol/mol) on the activity of photocatalytic water oxidation was studied. Monodisperse ∼10 nm CoMnO (0 ≤y≤ 0.

A linker-mediated self-assembly method to couple isocharged nanostructures: layered double hydroxide-CdS nanohybrids with high activity for visible-light-induced H2 generation.

The electrostatically derived self-assembly of cationic Zn-Cr-layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanosheets and cationic CdS quantum dots (QDs) with anionic linkers leads to the formation of strongly coupled Zn-Cr-LDH-CdS nanohybrids. The hybridization with Zn-Cr-LDH leads to significant enhancement of the photocatalytic activity of CdS for visible-light-induced H2 generation, a property that is attributed to the depression of electron-hole recombination. In comparison with a direct hybridization method between oppositely charged species, this linker-mediated method provides greater flexibility in controlling the chemical composition and electronic coupling of the nanohybrids.

Synthesis and photocatalytic activity of poly(triazine imide).

Poly(triazine imide) was synthesized with incorporation of Li(+) and Cl(-) ions (PTI/Li(+)Cl(-)) to form a carbon nitride derivative. The synthesis of this material by the temperature-induced condensation of dicyandiamide was examined both in a eutectic mixture of LiCl-KCl and without KCl. On the basis of X-ray diffraction measurements of the synthesized materials, we suggest that a stoichiometric amount of LiCl is necessary to obtain the PTI/Li(+)Cl(-) phase without requiring the presence of KCl at 873 K.