Pd single atoms on g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> photocatalysts: minimum loading for maximum activity
Velu Jeyalakshmi, Si‐Ming Wu, Shanshan Qin, Xin Zhou, Bidyut Bikash Sarma, Dmitry E. Doronkin, Jan Kolařı́k, Miroslav Šoóš, Patrik Schmuki
Abstract
g-C 3 N 4 modified with Pd single atoms – decorated by reactive deposition – exhibits remarkable photocatalytic hydrogen production efficiency with a low loading of 0.05 wt%, far outperforming g-C 3 N 4 decorated with Pd nanoparticles.
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