Mechanistic Understanding of Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution on Pt Sites in Organic Nanohybrids Enhanced with Hydroxyl Additives

Li Yu Ting; Yves Ira A. Reyes; Bing Heng Li; Mohamed Hammad Elsayed; J. Ching Wen Chan; Jayachandran Jayakumar; Chih Li Chang; Wei Cheng Lin; Yu Jung Lu; Carmine Coluccini; Hsin Yi Tiffany Chen; Ho Hsiu Chou

doi:10.1021/acsaem.2c01060

Mechanistic Understanding of Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution on Pt Sites in Organic Nanohybrids Enhanced with Hydroxyl Additives

Li Yu Ting
, Yves Ira A. Reyes
, Bing Heng Li
, Mohamed Hammad Elsayed
, J. Ching Wen Chan
, Jayachandran Jayakumar
, Chih Li Chang
, Wei Cheng Lin
, Yu Jung Lu
, Carmine Coluccini
, Hsin Yi Tiffany Chen^*
, Ho Hsiu Chou^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Herein, we investigated the role of Pt metal cocatalyst and hydroxyl additives in the mechanism and activity of hydrogen evolution over the PCBM/PF3T organic nanohybrid. We show, for the first time, the addition of hydroxyl additives to improve the HER performance of the system, recording up to 70 mmol g^-1h^-1(AQY = 2.0%), which is among the best for an organic HER photocatalyst. The enhanced activity is explained by the binding of hydroxyl additives to Pt, funneling proton adsorption onto the Pt sites where more efficient H₂formation occurs thereafter. These insights will be critical for future organic photocatalyst designs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7950-7955
Number of pages	6
Journal	ACS Applied Energy Materials
Volume	5
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c01060
State	Published - 25 Jul 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

density functional theory
hydrogen evolution
hydroxyl additives
metal cocatalyst
organic photocatalyst

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Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Electrochemistry
Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Ting, L. Y., Reyes, Y. I. A., Li, B. H., Elsayed, M. H., Chan, J. C. W., Jayakumar, J., Chang, C. L., Lin, W. C., Lu, Y. J., Coluccini, C., Chen, H. Y. T., & Chou, H. H. (2022). Mechanistic Understanding of Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution on Pt Sites in Organic Nanohybrids Enhanced with Hydroxyl Additives. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5(7), 7950-7955. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c01060

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