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High-performance Förster resonance energy transfer-based dye-sensitized photocatalytic H2 evolution with graphene quantum dots as the homogeneous energy donor

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A high-performance dye-sensitized photocatalytic H2 evolution system was developed based on Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) by employing water-soluble and highly photoluminescent N,S codoped graphene quantum dots (NSGQDs) as the homogeneous energy donor, erythrosin B (ErB) as the sensentizing dye, and platinum nanoparticles (Pt NPs) as the catalyst. NSGQDs absorbed high-energy photons that undergo FRET to transfer the excitation energy to the sensitizing ErB for maximizing light absorption and also served as an electron transfer and loading matrix of Pt NPs for accelarating the electron transfer; as a result, the ErB-sensitized NSGQD-Pt system afforded much higher H2 evolution activity than the NSGQD-free dye-sensitized system.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21463001, 21763001), the Foundation of State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering (Grant No. 2017-K26), the Key Scientific Research Projects in 2017 at North Minzu University (Grant No. 2017KJ20), the Key Scientific Research Projects of the Higher Education Institutions of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (Grant No. NCX2017143), the Foundation of Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Conversion Technology and Application, and the Foundation of Innovation Team Project of High Value Utilization of Ningxia Low-Grade Resources and Environmental-Chemical Integration Technology.

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    Yonggang Lei, Yuan Xue, Yanan Li, Xiangyu Liu, Fang Wang & Shixiong Min

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Lei, Y., Xue, Y., Li, Y. et al. High-performance Förster resonance energy transfer-based dye-sensitized photocatalytic H2 evolution with graphene quantum dots as the homogeneous energy donor. Photochem Photobiol Sci 17, 1147–1152 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1039/c8pp00227d

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