Citation: Deqi Fan, Yicheng Tang, Yemei Liao, Yan Mi, Yi Lu, Xiaofei Yang. Two birds with one stone: Functionalized wood composites for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production and solar water evaporation[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2024, 35(9): 109441. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.109441 shu

Two birds with one stone: Functionalized wood composites for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production and solar water evaporation

Deqi Fan ^{a, 1} ,
Yicheng Tang ^{b, 1} ,
Yemei Liao ^b ,
Yan Mi ^c ,
Yi Lu ^{b, *,} ,
Xiaofei Yang ^{a, b, c, *,}

a.
College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
b.
Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
c.
Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Engineering of Forest Products, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Engineering of Forest Products, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning 530006, China

yilu@njfu.edu.cn

xiaofei.yang@njfu.edu.cn

Received Date: 25 June 2023
Revised Date: 8 December 2023
Accepted Date: 20 December 2023
Available Online: 23 December 2023

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Maximizing solar energy utilization is a persistent challenge in photo catalysis, which determines sustainable solar-driven photocatalytic process. Photo thermal-coupled photo catalysis is considered as a promising solution to tackle the issues of sustainable energy scarcity and environmental pollution by harvesting the full-spectrum solar energy. Herein, a highly efficient photo thermal-accelerated photo catalysis system is elaborately established, in which the assembled carbonized stick/Nb₂C MXene evaporator can heat water into vapor and the integrated g-C₃N₄ photocatalyst further enables high-efficiency photocatalytic hydrogen production. The designed hyperboloid wood-based architecture possesses a multiphase interface of water steam/catalyst/hydrogen to reduce the transport resistance of hydrogen gas in liquid and ultimately maximize the output of hydrogen energy. Consequently, this coupled photothermal-photocatalytic system achieves a stable solar evaporation rate of 2.16 kg m^-1 h^-1 under one sun irradiation and highly efficient hydrogen-evolving rate of 3096 µmol g^-1 h^-1. This work paves a way to explore the improvement of photocatalytic hydrogen production by synergic photothermal effect for potential applications in renewable solar energy utilization and hydrogen production.
- Photocatalysis,
- Photothermal,
- Nb₂C MXene,
- g-C₃N₄,
- Wood
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