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Schlomberg, Hendrik ; Kroeger, Julia ; Savasci, Gökcen ; Terban, Maxwell W. ; Bette, Sebastian ; Moudrakovski, Igor ; Duppel, Viola ; Podjaski, Filip ; Siegel, Renée ; Senker, Jürgen ; Dinnebier, Robert E. ; Ochsenfeld, Christian ; Lotsch, Bettina V.:
Structural Insights into Poly(Heptazine Imides): a Light-Storing Carbon Nitride Material for Dark Photocatalysis.
In: Chemistry of Materials.
Bd. 31
(2019)
Heft 18
.
- S. 7478-7486.
ISSN 1520-5002
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b02199
Abstract
Solving the structure of carbon nitrides has been a long-standing challenge due to the low crystallinity and complex structures observed within this class of earth-abundant photocatalysts. Herein, we report on two-dimensional layered potassium poly(heptazine imide) (K-PHI) and its proton-exchanged counterpart (H-PHI), obtained by ionothermal synthesis using a molecular precursor route. We present a comprehensive analysis of the in-plane and three-dimensional structure of PHI. Transmission electron microscopy and solid-state NMR spectroscopy, supported by quantum-chemical calculations, suggest a planar, imide-bridged heptazine backbone with trigonal symmetry in both K-PHI and H-PHI, whereas pair distribution function analyses and X-ray powder diffraction using recursive-like simulations of planar defects point to a structure-directing function of the pore content. While the out-of-plane structure of K-PHI exhibits a unidirectional layer offset, mediated by hydrated potassium ions, H-PHI is characterized by a high degree of stacking faults due to the weaker structure directing influence of pore water. Structure-property relationships in PHI reveal that a loss of in-plane coherence, materializing in smaller lateral platelet dimensions and increased terminal cyanamide groups, correlates with improved photocatalytic performance. Size-optimized H-PHI is highly active toward photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, with a rate of 3363 mu mol/gh H-2 placing it on par with the most active carbon nitrides. K- and H-PHI adopt a uniquely long-lived photoreduced polaronic state in which light-induced electrons are stored for more than 6 h in the dark and released upon addition of a Pt cocatalyst. This work highlights the importance of structure- property relationships in carbon nitrides for the rational design of highly active hydrogen evolution photocatalysts.
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Publikationsform: | Artikel in einer Zeitschrift |
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Begutachteter Beitrag: | Ja |
Zusätzliche Informationen: | ISI:000487859200041 |
Institutionen der Universität: | Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften > Fachgruppe Chemie Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften > Fachgruppe Chemie > Lehrstuhl Anorganische Chemie III Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften > Fachgruppe Chemie > Lehrstuhl Anorganische Chemie III > Lehrstuhl Anorganische Chemie III - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jürgen Senker Fakultäten |
Titel an der UBT entstanden: | Ja |
Themengebiete aus DDC: | 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 540 Chemie |
Eingestellt am: | 15 Nov 2019 11:05 |
Letzte Änderung: | 11 Mai 2022 13:41 |
URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/53235 |