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Hydrothermal Synthesis g‑C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>/Nano-InVO<sub>4</sub> Nanocomposites and Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity for Hydrogen Production under Visible Light Irradiation
We
synthesized g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>/nano-InVO<sub>4</sub> heterojunction-type
photocatalyts by in situ growth of InVO<sub>4</sub> nanoparticles
onto the surface of g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> sheets via a hydrothermal
process. The results
of SEM and TEM showed that the obtained InVO<sub>4</sub> nanoparticles
20 nm in size dispersed uniformly on the surface of g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> sheets, which revealed that g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> sheets was probably a promising support for in situ growth of nanosize
materials. The achieved intimate interface promoted the charge transfer
and inhibited the recombination rate of photogenerated electron–hole
pairs, which significantly improved the photocatalytic activity.
A possible growth process of g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>/nano-InVO<sub>4</sub> nanocomposites was proposed based on different mass fraction
of g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> content. The obtained g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>/nano-InVO<sub>4</sub> nanocomposites could achieve
effective separation of charge-hole pairs and stronger reducing power,
which caused enhanced H<sub>2</sub> evolution from water-splitting
compared with bare g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> sheets and g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>/micro-InVO<sub>4</sub> composites, respectively.
As a result, the g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>/nano-InVO<sub>4</sub> nanocomposite with a mass ratio of 80:20 possessed the maximum photocatalytic
activity for hydrogen production under visible-light irradiation