Citation: Xia JIANG, Yan-Xin CHEN, Can-Zhong LU. Bio-inspired Materials for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production[J]. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, ;2020, 39(12): 2123-2130. doi: 10.14102/j.cnki.0254-5861.2011-3017 shu

Bio-inspired Materials for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production

Xia JIANG ^{a, b} ,
Yan-Xin CHEN ^{a, b,,} ,
Can-Zhong LU ^{a, b,,}

a.
CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China
b.
Xiamen Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Photoelectric Functional Materials, Xiamen Institute of Rare-earth Materials, Haixi Institutes, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China

Corresponding author: Yan-Xin CHEN, yanxinchen@fjirsm.ac.cn Can-Zhong LU, czlu@fjirsm.ac.cn
Received Date: 30 October 2020
Accepted Date: 30 November 2020

Fund Project: the National Natural Science Foundation of China 21805280the National Natural Science Foundation of China 51672271the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences XDB20000000the Key Program of Frontier Science, CAS QYZDJ-SSW-SLH033

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After millions of years of evolution, species in nature have structures and complex elements that are difficult to synthesize artificially. Moreover, these fine structures and compositions are often beneficial to improve the photocatalytic performance. Therefore, various materials with special morphology, pore structure and element composition derived from biomass have emerged and are widely used. This mini review focuses on the preparation of bio-inspired materials and their current status in photocatalytic hydrogen production. Hopefully, this will bring new perspectives to researchers and make them learn more about the advantages of "learning from nature" and pay more attention to the green design of material structures.
- biomass,
- bio-inspired materials,
- photocatalytic hydrogen production
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