Insight into bay-/end-substituted perylene diimide and its S-scheme heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic H2O2 production under visible-light irradiation

doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2024.04.028

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Abstract: Here, 1D bis(N-carboxymethyl) peryleneimide (H₂PDI), 0D 1,6,7,12-tetrachloro-bis(N-carboxymethyl) peryleneimide (4Cl-H₂PDI), and 2D 4Cl-H₂PDI/graphene quantum dot (4Cl-H₂PDI/GQD) nanostructures are synthesized and carefully analyzed. The effect of bay-/end-substitution and S-scheme heterojunction of PDI-based materials as main catalysts on the photocatalytic H₂O₂ evolution is first studied through the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Under the visible-light irradiation (> 420 nm), 4Cl-H₂PDI and 4Cl-H₂PDI/GQD as photocatalysts exhibit the ∼7 and ∼16 times H₂O₂ evolution rate than H₂PDI (1059.6 vs. 2484.0 vs. 160.0 µM g^-1 h^-1), respectively. The systematical experiments reveal that 4Cl-H₂PDI and 4Cl-H₂PDI/GQD should prefer a two-step single-electron ORR process, while H₂PDI may involve a 4e^‒ water oxidation and one-step 2e^‒ ORR process. Further experiments confirm that the bay-substitution and GQD doping of H₂PDI can promote the generation, transportation, and separation of photogenerated electrons and holes, and prolong the carrier lifetime. This work provides insight into PDI-based photocatalytic H₂O₂ production.

Key words: Photocatalysis, Oxygen reduction reaction, H₂O₂ evolution, Perylenediimide, S-scheme heterojunction

Bo Zhang, Kang Li, Renfu Li, Shoufeng Wang, Longtian Kang. Insight into bay-/end-substituted perylene diimide and its S-scheme heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic H₂O₂ production under visible-light irradiation[J]. J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2025, 206: 257-268.

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