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Facile construction of CuFe2O4/g-C3N4 photocatalyst for enhanced visible-light hydrogen evolution†

Ruolin Cheng,a   Xiangqian Fan,a   Min Wang,a   Mengli Li,a   Jianjian Tiana  and  Lingxia Zhang*a  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstruture, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Ding-xi Road, Shanghai 200050, P. R. China
E-mail: zhlingxia@mail.sic.ac.cn

Abstract

A new type of CuFe2O4/g-C3N4 composite photocatalyst has been prepared by a facile one-pot calcination approach using urea and a CuFe2O4 gel as precursors. In this composite, CuFe2O4 has been finely dispersed in g-C3N4 matrix, resulting in a much enhanced efficiency of the CuFe2O4/g-C3N4 heterostructure in photocatalytic H2 production by water splitting, under visible light. A peak H2 production rate of 76 μmol h−1 has been obtained, which is about 3 times that on pure g-C3N4 obtained from urea. This remarkable improvement can be attributed to the enhanced visible light absorbance, enlarged surface area and promoted charge carrier separation and transfer.

Graphical abstract: Facile construction of CuFe2O4/g-C3N4 photocatalyst for enhanced visible-light hydrogen evolution

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA27221A
Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Dec 2015
Accepted
26 Jan 2016
First published
29 Jan 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 18990-18995

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Facile construction of CuFe2O4/g-C3N4 photocatalyst for enhanced visible-light hydrogen evolution

R. Cheng, X. Fan, M. Wang, M. Li, J. Tian and L. Zhang, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 18990 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA27221A

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