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Simple Nickel-Based Catalyst Systems Combined With Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Stable Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production in Water

  1. Jingfeng Dong1,
  2. Prof. Mei Wang1,*,
  3. Xueqiang Li1,
  4. Lin Chen1,
  5. Yu He1,
  6. Prof. Licheng Sun1,2,*

Article first published online: 30 OCT 2012

DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201200490

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ChemSusChem

ChemSusChem

Volume 5, Issue 11, pages 2133–2138, November 2012

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Dong, J., Wang, M., Li, X., Chen, L., He, Y. and Sun, L. (2012), Simple Nickel-Based Catalyst Systems Combined With Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Stable Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production in Water. ChemSusChem, 5: 2133–2138. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201200490

Author Information

  1. 1

    State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, DUT–KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), 116012 Dalian (PR China), Fax: (+86) 411-83702185

  2. 2

    Department of Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), 10044 Stockholm (Sweden)

*State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, DUT–KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), 116012 Dalian (PR China), Fax: (+86) 411-83702185

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 14 NOV 2012
  2. Article first published online: 30 OCT 2012
  3. Manuscript Revised: 27 AUG 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 11 JUL 2012

Funded by

  • Natural Science Foundation of China. Grant Numbers: 20633020, 21120102036
  • Basic Research Program of China. Grant Number: 2009CB220009
  • Swedish Energy Agency
  • K&A Wallenberg Foundation

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Keywords:

  • carbon nitrides;
  • hydrogen production;
  • nickel;
  • photocatalysis;
  • water splitting
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A molecular catalyst system containing only earth-abundant elements is combined with g-C3N4 as photosensitizer. The in situ generated complexes serve as catalysts for visible-light-driven H2 production in aqueous solution, and do not require organic solvent or a Brønsted acid. H2 evolution from the Ni-based catalyst system can be maintained for over 60 h, demonstrating that the combination is a promising approach to improve the lifetimes of molecular catalysts towards photochemical H2 production.

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