The noble-metal-free Ni2P/CTF composites for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution under visible-light irradiation

The covalent triazine frameworks (CTFs) have recently become a new generation of organic semiconductor for photocatalytic hydrogen production from water splitting because of their great application potentials. However, the CTFs need to be combined with noble-metal-cocatalysts to achieve photocatalytic water splitting. Herein, we reported the noble-metal-free Ni 2 P/CTF composites as an efficient catalyst for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution . With increasing the Ni 2 P alloy loading on the surface of CTF, the photocatalytic activity increases obviously and then decreases gradually, and the highest photocatalytic H 2 evolution rate is achieved for 2.8%Ni 2 P/CTF, which is almost the same as that of 3.0%Pt/CTF photocatalyst. It has been revealed that the Ni 2 P alloy act as a cocatalyst for effectively suppressing the recombination of photogenerated electrons and holes, promoting the separation and migration of the charge carriers, thereby improving the efficiency of photocatalytic H 2 evolution. This work provides a promising strategy for preparation of cheap and stable photocatalytic system based on CTF for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution under visible-light irradiation.