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Combining enhanced light absorption capacity with improved directly spatial charge separation efficiency remains a challenging issue for the development of efficient photocatalysts. Herein, we present a strategy for developing anti-Z-scheme poly(thiophene-co-3-ethylthiophene)/K+ implanted polymeric carbon nitride (PB-KCN) heterojunctions, which integrates the two crucial factors of light absorption and directly spatial charge separation. The ratio-optimized 20 PB-KCN exhibits remarkable visible-light-driven hydrogen production activity up to 22.86 mmol/h g−1 (∼61.8 times that of KCN) with a recorded apparent quantum yield of 31.34 % under 550 nm irradiation. Notably, it is confirmed that the efficient photogenerated-carrier separation in PB-KCN heterojunctions is mainly attributed to the firstly proved anti-Z-scheme electron transition with the electrons in the HOMO (highest occupied molecular orbital) of PB directly excited to the LUMO (lowest unoccupied molecular orbital) of KCN, resulting in the spatial separation of photogenerated carriers. The proposed anti-Z-scheme heterojunction solves the problem that traditional heterojunctions cannot achieve synchronous enhancement of light absorption and directly spatial charge separation. © 2024 Elsevier B.V.
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Chemical Engineering Journal
ISSN: 1385-8947
Year: 2024
Volume: 497
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