Abstract:
The influence of the loading amount of TiO
2 on the photocatalytic H2 production performance of TiO
2@H
+/g-C
3N
4 composites were studied. Graphite phase carbon nitride(g-C
3N
4) was first treated with sulfuric acid to obtain pickled carbon nitride(H+/g-C
3N
4), and then TiO
2@H
+/g-C
3N
4 composites were prepared by loading TiO
2 on the surface of H+/g-C
3N
4 by calcination method. The photocatalytic hydrogen production of TiO
2@H
+/g-C
3N
4 composite was characterized by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffractometer, UV-vis diffractometer and specific surface analyzer. The photocatalytic performances of H2 production of TiO
2@H
+/g-C
3N
4 composites were investigated under the irradiation of visible light. The photocatalytic hydrogen production mechanism of TiO
2@H
+/g-C
3N
4 composite was discussed.The results show that the TiO
2@H
+/g-C
3N
4 composites are synthesized by calcination. The photocatalytic property of H+/g-C
3N
4 is increased by the loading of TiO
2, which is due to the separation promotion of the photogenerated electron-hole pairs and the acceleration of the electrons transfer rate by TiO
2/g-C
3N
4heterojunctions. Moreover, the loading amount of TiO
2 has great effects on the photocatalytic H2 production performance of TiO
2@H
+/g-C
3N
4 composites. With TiO
2 loading of 25%, the photocatalytic H2 production rate of the prepared 25-TiO
2@H
+/g-C
3N
4 composite is the highest, which is 3. 47 mmol·g-1·h-1and about 4.05 times of that of H
+/g-C
3N
4. This good property is attributed to the large specific surface area and high absorbance of 25-TiO
2@H
+/g-C
3N
4 composite. Moreover, the prepared 25-TiO
2@H
+/gC
3N
4 composites show good stability in the process of photocatalytic H2 production.