Supported black phosphorus nanosheets as hydrogen-evolving photocatalyst achieving 5.4% energy conversion efficiency at 353 K

Tian, Bin; Tian, Bining; Smith, Bethany; Scott, M. C.; Hua, Ruinian; Lei, Qin; Tian, Yue

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03737-4

Title: Supported black phosphorus nanosheets as hydrogen-evolving photocatalyst achieving 5.4% energy conversion efficiency at 353 K

Journal Article · 11 April 2018 · Nature Communications

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03737-4 · OSTI ID:1493270

Tian, Bin ^[1]; Tian, Bining ^[1]; Smith, Bethany ^[2]; Scott, M. C. ^[2]; Hua, Ruinian ^[3]; Lei, Qin ^[1];

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Taiyuan Univ. of Technology, Taiyuan (China). Key Lab. of Advanced Transducers and Intelligent Control System of Ministry of Education, College of Physics and Optoelectronics
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Molecular Foundry
Dalian Nationalities Univ., Dalian (China). College of Life science
Taiyuan Univ. of Technology, Taiyuan (China). Key Lab. of Advanced Transducers and Intelligent Control System of Ministry of Education, College of Physics and Optoelectronics; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Molecular Foundry

Solar-driven water splitting using powdered catalysts is considered as the most economical means for hydrogen generation. However, four-electron-driven oxidation half-reaction showing slow kinetics, accompanying with insufficient light absorption and rapid carrier combination in photocatalysts leads to low solar-to-hydrogen energy conversion efficiency. Here, we report amorphous cobalt phosphide (Co-P)-supported black phosphorus nanosheets employed as photocatalysts can simultaneously address these issues. The nanosheets exhibit robust hydrogen evolution from pure water (pH = 6.8) without bias and hole scavengers, achieving an apparent quantum efficiency of 42.55% at 430 nm and energy conversion efficiency of over 5.4% at 353 K. This photocatalytic activity is attributed to extremely efficient utilization of solar energy (~75% of solar energy) by black phosphorus nanosheets and high-carrier separation efficiency by amorphous Co-P. The hybrid material design realizes efficient solar-to-chemical energy conversion in suspension, demonstrating the potential of black phosphorus-based materials as catalysts for solar hydrogen production.

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