摘要：Recently, the g-C3N4-based heterojunctions have been widely investigated for their greatly enhanced photogenerated carrier separation efficiency. However, most studies are based on the study of g-C3N4 powders. In this study, a novel TiN/C3N4/CdS nanotube arrays core/shell structure is designed to improve the photoelectrochemical catalytic performance of the g-C3N4-based heterojunctions. Among them, TiN nanotube arrays do not respond to simulated solar light, and thus only serve as an excellently conductive nanotube arrays backbone for supporting g-C3N4/CdS heterojunctions. g-C3N4 prepared by simple liquid atomic layer deposition, which possesses appropriate energy band position, mainly acts as the electron acceptor to transport and separate electrons. Deposited CdS quantum dots obtained by successive ionic layer adsorption reaction can effectively absorb visible light and thus act as a light absorber. The TiN/C3N4/CdS nanotube arrays core/shell structure could be verified by X-ray diffractions, Raman spectra, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy elemental mappings and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Compared with TiN/C3N4 nanotube arrays, the TiN/C3N4/CdS samples greatly improve the photoelectrochemical performance, which can be evaluated by photoelectrochemical tests and photoelectrochemical catalytic degradation. Especially, the optimized photocurrent density of TiN/C3N4/CdS has almost 120 times improvement on TiN/C3N4 at 0 V bias under simulated sunlight, which can be ascribed to the effective expansion of the light absorption range and separation of electron-hole pairs.

摘要：Sluggish water dissociation kinetics severely limits the rate of alkaline electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction(HER).Therefore,finding highly active electrocatalysts and clarifying the mechanism of water dissociation are challenging but *** this study,we report an integrated nanoporous nickel(np-Ni)catalyst with high alkaline HER performance and the origin of the corresponding enhanced catalytic *** 1 mol L^(-1) KOH solution,this np-Ni electrode shows an HER overpotential of 20 mV at 10 mA cm^(-2),along with fast water dissociation *** excellent performance is not only attributed to the large surface area provided by the three-dimensional interconnected conductive network but also from the enhanced intrinsic activity induced by the unique surface *** studies reveal that the types of oxygen species that naturally form on the Ni surface play a key role in water ***,when the lattice oxygen almost disappears,the Ni surface terminates with_(ads)orbed oxygen(O_(ads)),exhibiting the fastest water dissociation *** functional theory calculation suggests that when O_(ads)acts as the surface termination of Ni metal,the orientation and configuration of polar water molecules are strongly affected by O_(ads).Finally,the H–OH bond of interfacial water molecules is effectively activated in a manner similar to hydrogen *** work not only identifies a high-performance and low-cost electrocatalyst but also provides new insights into the chemical processes underlying water dissociation,thus benefiting the rational design of electrocatalysts.

摘要：Alloyed nanoparticles with core-shell structures provide a favorable model to modulate interfacial interaction and surface structures at the atomic level,which is important for designing electrocatalysts with high activity and ***,core-shell structured Pd3M@Pt/C nanoparticles with binary PdM alloy cores(M=Fe,Ni,and Co)and a monolayer Pt shell were successfully synthesized with diverse *** these,Pd3Fe@Pt/C exhibited the best oxygen reduction reaction catalytic performance,roughly 5.4 times more than that of the commercial Pt/C catalyst used as *** significantly enhanced activity is attributed to the combined effects of strain engineering,interfacial electron transfer,and improved Pt *** functional theory simulations and extended X-ray absorption fine structure analysis revealed that engineering the alloy core with moderate lattice mismatch and alloy composition(Pd3Fe)optimizes the surface oxygen adsorption energy,thereby rendering excellent electrocatalytic *** researches may use this study as a guide on the construction of highly effective core-shell electrocatalysts for various energy conversions and other applications.