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Synergistic effect of Ru embedded 2D Ti3AlC2 binary cocatalyst with porous g-C3N4 to construct 2D/2D Ru-MAX/PCN heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production

Developing engineering advanced semiconductor materials with low cost and high efficiency have great importance in solar assisted hydrogen production. In this work, well-designed Ru modulated oxygen defective Ti3AlC2 MAX multilayers binary cocatalyst with porous g-C3N4 has been fabricated through ul...

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Main Authors: Tahir, Beenish, Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Tahir
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/97682/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2021.111493
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spelling my.utm.976822022-10-25T10:39:58Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/97682/ Synergistic effect of Ru embedded 2D Ti3AlC2 binary cocatalyst with porous g-C3N4 to construct 2D/2D Ru-MAX/PCN heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production Tahir, Beenish Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Tahir TP Chemical technology Developing engineering advanced semiconductor materials with low cost and high efficiency have great importance in solar assisted hydrogen production. In this work, well-designed Ru modulated oxygen defective Ti3AlC2 MAX multilayers binary cocatalyst with porous g-C3N4 has been fabricated through ultrasonic approach. Synergistic effect of Ru/Ti3AlC2 enabling proficient charge carrier transportation for significantly enhanced H2 production. The optimized 3Ru-15Ti3AlC2/g-C3N4 exhibited 1445 µmol g-1h-1 of H2 evolution rate which is 7.67 and 16.35 times more than using 15Ti3AlC2/CN and CN samples. The obvious augmented H2 production can be attributed to efficient charges separation with higher light absorption due to Ru/Ti3AlC2 binary cocatalyst. The catalyst loading and sacrificial reagents further confirms mass transfer and surface-active sites exposed to light irradiation. This study provides new approach to construct heterojunction of 2D/2D self-assembly, enabling synergistically improved quantum yield with higher cyclic stability and can be further explored in other solar energy assisted applications. Elsevier Ltd 2021 Article PeerReviewed Tahir, Beenish and Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Tahir (2021) Synergistic effect of Ru embedded 2D Ti3AlC2 binary cocatalyst with porous g-C3N4 to construct 2D/2D Ru-MAX/PCN heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production. Materials Research Bulletin, 144 (NA). pp. 1-15. ISSN 0025-5408 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2021.111493 DOI : 10.1016/j.materresbull.2021.111493
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Tahir, Beenish
Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Tahir
Synergistic effect of Ru embedded 2D Ti3AlC2 binary cocatalyst with porous g-C3N4 to construct 2D/2D Ru-MAX/PCN heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production
description Developing engineering advanced semiconductor materials with low cost and high efficiency have great importance in solar assisted hydrogen production. In this work, well-designed Ru modulated oxygen defective Ti3AlC2 MAX multilayers binary cocatalyst with porous g-C3N4 has been fabricated through ultrasonic approach. Synergistic effect of Ru/Ti3AlC2 enabling proficient charge carrier transportation for significantly enhanced H2 production. The optimized 3Ru-15Ti3AlC2/g-C3N4 exhibited 1445 µmol g-1h-1 of H2 evolution rate which is 7.67 and 16.35 times more than using 15Ti3AlC2/CN and CN samples. The obvious augmented H2 production can be attributed to efficient charges separation with higher light absorption due to Ru/Ti3AlC2 binary cocatalyst. The catalyst loading and sacrificial reagents further confirms mass transfer and surface-active sites exposed to light irradiation. This study provides new approach to construct heterojunction of 2D/2D self-assembly, enabling synergistically improved quantum yield with higher cyclic stability and can be further explored in other solar energy assisted applications.
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author Tahir, Beenish
Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Tahir
author_facet Tahir, Beenish
Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Tahir
author_sort Tahir, Beenish
title Synergistic effect of Ru embedded 2D Ti3AlC2 binary cocatalyst with porous g-C3N4 to construct 2D/2D Ru-MAX/PCN heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production
title_short Synergistic effect of Ru embedded 2D Ti3AlC2 binary cocatalyst with porous g-C3N4 to construct 2D/2D Ru-MAX/PCN heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production
title_full Synergistic effect of Ru embedded 2D Ti3AlC2 binary cocatalyst with porous g-C3N4 to construct 2D/2D Ru-MAX/PCN heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production
title_fullStr Synergistic effect of Ru embedded 2D Ti3AlC2 binary cocatalyst with porous g-C3N4 to construct 2D/2D Ru-MAX/PCN heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production
title_full_unstemmed Synergistic effect of Ru embedded 2D Ti3AlC2 binary cocatalyst with porous g-C3N4 to construct 2D/2D Ru-MAX/PCN heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production
title_sort synergistic effect of ru embedded 2d ti3alc2 binary cocatalyst with porous g-c3n4 to construct 2d/2d ru-max/pcn heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic h2 production
publisher Elsevier Ltd
publishDate 2021
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/97682/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2021.111493
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