Bipolar Carrier Transfer Channels in Epitaxial Graphene/SiC Core-Shell Heterojunction for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution.

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Research and Development Center for Functional Crystals, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.

Published: December 2015


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Bipolar carrier transfer channels exist in the in situ epitaxial-graphene-wrapped 6H-SiC core-shell heterojunction due to the self-doping of graphene. Due to the special interface structure and high graphene quality, this material exhibits significant photocatalytic enhancement. Its hydrogen evolution efficiency is greater than that of the Pt/SiC composite. This micrometer-sized metal-free photocatalyst exhibits an activity comparable to that of metal-based nanophotocatalysts.

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