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Pythium oligandrum-derived carbon/graphene oxide as sensitized substrate: large-scale preparation and enhancing photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

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Pythium oligandrum-derived biomass-activated carbon/graphene oxide (POC/GO) nanohybrid material is prepared for the first time by direct carbonization using the two-dimensional graphene oxide (GO)-incorporated Pythium oligandrum (PO). Note that the implanted GO is adsorbed and wrapped by the generated PO, which may be a feasible method to separate GO from aqueous systems. The obtained POC/GO exhibits special textural and high conductivity properties due to rapid electron transfer through the two-dimensional GO incorporated into carbonaceous network. Based on the functional POC/GO as a sensitizing substrate, the eosin Y dye-sensitized POC/GO@Pt photocatalysts show high-efficiency H2 evolution activity, which is 1.3 and 2.1 times higher than GO@Pt and POC@Pt. As well as the apparent quantum efficiency of POC/GO@Pt can reach to 32.2% at 430 nm. The superior catalytic activities for H2 evolution are attributed to the inner heat-treated GO which provided fast electron transport channels, while the outer POC with rich defect sites provided adsorption sites for the reactant H2O and co-catalyst Pt. Research ideas and design methods in this paper might provide a new way for preparing other biomass-based carbon materials and solar-driven high active photocatalyst.

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This work was supported by the Key R&D Project of Science and Technology Department of Gansu Province (Grant No. 20YF8FA127), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41967018), and the Gansu Natural Science Foundation under (Grant No. 21JR1RA321; 21JR1RA108).

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    Qun Zheng, Ting Mao, Yanhao Fang, Yongyan Niu, Bin Ji, Xiaofang Gong, Peiya Wang, Jiang Zhao, Hui Yang, Ying Zhu & Zhiye Wang

  2. Department of Physics, Lanzhou City University, Lanzhou, 730070, China

    Dan Luo

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Key Laboratory of Gynecologic Oncology of Gansu Province, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China

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Zheng, Q., Mao, T., Fang, Y. et al. Pythium oligandrum-derived carbon/graphene oxide as sensitized substrate: large-scale preparation and enhancing photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 14, 10549–10559 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-023-03964-w

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