| Literature DB >> 35377540 |
Yang Bai1,2, Chao Li3, Lunjie Liu1, Yuichi Yamaguchi4, Mounib Bahri5, Haofan Yang1, Adrian Gardner3, Martijn A Zwijnenburg6, Nigel D Browning5, Alexander J Cowan3, Akihiko Kudo4, Andrew I Cooper1, Reiner Sebastian Sprick1,7.
Abstract
Polymer photocatalysts have received growing attention in recent years for photocatalytic hydrogen production from water. Most studies report hydrogen production with sacrificial electron donors, which is unsuitable for large-scale hydrogen energy production. Here we show that the palladium/iridium oxide-loaded homopolymer of dibenzo[b,d]thiophene sulfone (P10) facilitates overall water splitting to produce stoichiometric amounts of H2 and O2 for an extended period (>60 hours) after the system stabilized. These results demonstrate that conjugated polymers can act as single component photocatalytic systems for overall water splitting when loaded with suitable co-catalysts, albeit currently with low activities. Transient spectroscopy shows that the IrO2 co-catalyst plays an important role in the generation of the charge separated state required for water splitting, with evidence for fast hole transfer to the co-catalyst.Entities:
Keywords: Co-Catalysts; Organic Photocatalysts; Overall Water Splitting
Year: 2022 PMID: 35377540 PMCID: PMC9321674 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202201299
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 16.823
Figure 1a) Chemical structure of the linear conjugated polymer photocatalyst P10. b) Alignment of the P10 energy levels (IP, ionization potential; EA, electron affinity) predicted by DFT relative to the potentials for proton reduction and water oxidation at pH 7. Underlying data taken from Ref. [38].
Figure 2a) Dependence of gas evolution rates on the different co‐catalyst (1 wt. %) loaded onto P10 (1 mg) under visible light illumination. b) Effect of pH of reactant solution on photocatalytic water splitting over P10‐Ir (1 mg) under visible light (λ>420 nm), pH was adjusted using H2SO4 or KOH. c) Effect of loading amount of Ir cocatalyst on P10‐Ir on photocatalytic water splitting under visible light (λ>420 nm). d) Photocatalytic water splitting over P10‐Ir (1 mg) under visible light (λ>420 nm), the change of gas amount at 63 hours occurred because the reactor temperature changes after the light source was turned off. When left in the dark after the extended run the change in temperature results in an initial reduction of the measured gas products, but no further reduction of the amounts of H2 and O2 was observed, suggesting that no significant backward reaction was taking place. Experiments in a–d were carried out with PerkinElmer CERMAX PE300BF 300 W Xe light source with cut‐off filters, irradiation area: 33 cm2, λ>420 nm; top‐irradiation cell with a Pyrex window in a gas‐closed circulation system. Reactant solution: distilled water (120 mL). Activities were calculated from photocatalytic experiments without initial stabilization over 5 hours (a–c). See Ref. [2] for experimental set‐up used.
Figure 3X‐Ray photoelectron spectra of a) P10‐Ir (top) and P10‐IrO2 (bottom). b) STEM‐HAADF image of the photocatalyst after photocatalysis (the scale bar is 50 nm long). c) EDX mapping of the same area as in b showing the presence of palladium (green) and iridium (blue) (the scale bar is 50 nm long). d) Wavelength dependence of photocatalytic water splitting over P10‐Ir (1 mg) in distilled water (120 mL) in gas‐closed circulation system, light source: 300 W Xe‐arc light source with different cut‐off filters, irradiation area: 33 cm2. e) Photocatalytic water splitting over P10‐Ir (1 mg) in distilled water (120 mL) in Ar‐flow system (1 atm) under visible light (λ>420 nm, 300 W, irradiation area: 33 cm2). f) Photocatalytic solar water splitting over P10‐Ir (1 mg) in distilled water (120 mL) in gas‐closed circulation system, light source: solar simulator with an AM1.5G filter (100 mW cm−2), irradiation area: 25 cm2 (see Ref. [2] for experimental set‐up used).
Photocatalytic water splitting under visible light illumination (λ>420 nm) for particulate conjugated polymer P10 in water.
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Entry |
Amount of P10[a] [mg] |
Co‐catalyst (wt. %) |
H2 Evolution rate [μmol h−1][b] |
O2 Evolution rate [μmol h−1][b] |
Kinetic data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
50 |
Ir (0.45) |
10.9 |
0.7 |
Figure S‐4 |
|
2 |
10 |
Ir (0.45) |
7.4 |
1.4 |
Figure S‐5 |
|
3 |
5 |
Ir (0.45) |
6.6 |
2.1 |
Figure S‐6 |
|
4 |
3 |
Ir (0.45) |
6.4 |
2 |
Figure S‐7 |
|
5 |
1 |
Ir (0.45) |
5.6 |
1.8 |
Figure |
|
6 |
1 |
Co (0.04) |
0 |
0 |
– |
|
7 |
1 |
Ru (0.8) |
0.3 |
0 |
Figure S‐16 |
|
8 |
5 |
–[c] |
0.3 |
0 |
Figure S‐17 |
|
9 |
1 |
Ir (0.45) |
2.1[d] |
0.9[d] |
Figure |
[a] Reaction conditions: P10 containing Pd loaded with additional Ir, Co or Ru by microwave deposition (details in Supporting Information); 300 W Xe light source with a cut‐off filter (λ>420 nm); cell, top‐irradiation, 70 torr, Ar, reactant solution: distilled water. [b] Gas evolution rates were calculated from the first run of the photocatalytic experiments. [c] No additional co‐catalyst was added. [d] After 20 hours equilibration.
Figure 4a) TA difference spectra of P10 and b) P10‐IrO2 (post photocatalysis) in water following 400 nm excitation. c) and d) kinetic traces showing the decay of the photoinduced absorption of P10 and P10‐IrO2 at wavelengths that the global fitting identified as maxima in the species associated spectra. e) and f) kinetics of the stimulated emission of P10 and P10‐IrO2.
Figure 5a) Kinetic model used for the global target analysis of the TA spectra of P10 and b) P10‐IrO2 following 400 nm excitation which shows accelerated formation of the P10 polaron species (2) in the presence of the IrO2 which is the charge separated state involved in photocatalysis. c) SAS of components 0, 1, 2 generated for P10 and d) P10‐IrO2. e) Calculated amplitudes of the individual species with time. The dashed lines represent P10 and the solid lines P10‐IrO2. f) Difference in SAS of component 2 of P10‐IrO2 and P10 indicating hole transfer to the IrO2 co‐catalyst. The relative intensity of the spectra was scaled until the ≈635 nm P10(−) peak was not observable in the difference spectra.