Unveiling the role of a ground state charge transfer complex in carbon nanoparticles for highly efficient metal-free solar hydrogen production

S Kar, A Kumar, R Mandal, S Chawla… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon-based nanoparticles (CNPs) are exciting metal-free photocatalysts for solar
hydrogen production. However, significant challenges remain in elucidating their complex …

Carbon dots decorated ultrathin CdS nanosheets enabling in-situ anchored Pt single atoms: A highly efficient solar-driven photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution

S Qiu, Y Shen, G Wei, S Yao, W Xi, M Shu, R Si… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
Maximizing the usage of cocatalyst to provide fruitful proton reduction sites and suppress
charge carrier recombination is an effective stratagy to dramatically improve the …

Critical Optimization of Phosphorus Functionalized Carbon Nanomaterials for Metal‐Free Solar Hydrogen Production and Simultaneous Organic Transformation

S Kar, L Bishwal, B Kommula… - Advanced Optical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Complete metal‐free P‐functionalized carbon nanomaterials are synthesized from a single
molecular precursor, phytic acid, for photocatalytic solar H2 production and simultaneous …

Carbon dots in solar-to-hydrogen conversion

H Luo, Q Guo, PÁ Szilágyi, AB Jorge, MM Titirici - Trends in Chemistry, 2020 - cell.com
Solar hydrogen production from catalytic water splitting is one of the many options available
to help generate clean power and alleviate the threatening environmental concerns …

[HTML][HTML] Electrostatically induced Furfural-Derived carbon Dots-CdS hybrid for solar Light-Driven hydrogen production

M Ge, H Yin, W Tian, H Zhang, S Li, S Wang… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs) exhibit distinctive optical, electronic, and physicochemical properties,
rendering them effective cocatalysts to enhance the photocatalytic performance of light …

Nickel phosphonate-derived Ni 2 P@ N-doped carbon co-catalyst with built-in electron-bridge for boosting photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

LJ Gao, XL Song, JT Ren, ZY Yuan - Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
To construct photocatalytic systems that can efficiently convert solar energy to hydrogen
energy, numerous studies have been focused on transition metal phosphide (TMP) co …

Ternary catalysts based on amino-functionalized carbon quantum dots, graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets and cobalt complex for efficient H2 evolution under visible …

Y Zhang, WD Zhang - Carbon, 2019 - Elsevier
Preparation of earth-abundant and noble-metal-free transition metal complexes serving as
photocatalytic hydrogen evolution co-catalysts is of great challenge and significance. Here …

Enhanced light-driven hydrogen generation on carbon quantum dots with TiO 2 nanoparticles

F Zhao, F Zhang, D Han, K Huang, Y Yang… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar to hydrogen (H2) conversion systems based on carbon nanomaterials have shown
great potentials in the clean energy field recently. However, for most systems, energy level …

Unveiling catalytic sites in a typical hydrogen photogeneration system consisting of semiconductor quantum dots and 3d-metal ions

Y Wang, Y Ma, XB Li, L Gao, XY Gao… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) in conjunction with non-noble 3d-metal ions (eg, Fe3+,
Co2+, and Ni2+) have emerged as an extremely efficient, facile, and cost-effective means of …

Pt single-atoms supported on nitrogen-doped carbon dots for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen generation

H Luo, Y Liu, SD Dimitrov, L Steier, S Guo… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Single-atom catalysis has become the most active new frontier in energy conversion
applications due to its remarkable catalytic activity and low material consumption. However …