Table 3.
Comparison of photocatalytic activity associated involving materials with relatively large internal surface area.
| Organic Photocatalyst |
Experimental Conditions | Light Source | HER (μmol h−1 g−1) |
EQE (%) |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P10-e | 325 μg photocatalyst; 25 mL aqueous [containing H2O and toluene (9:1), 10 mg mL−1 SDS and 3.5 mg mL−1 Na2CO3] MeOH, TEA (1:1:1) Pd 0.403 wt. % |
300 W Xe, >420 nm filter |
60,600 | 5.8 (at 420 nm) |
[156] |
| PTB7-Th/ EH-IDTBR |
2 mg photocatalyst (30:70 PT7B-Th:EH-IDTBR and TEBS surfactant); 20 mL 0.2 M ascorbic acid (pH 2); Pd 3129 ppm Pt 10% (a) |
300 W Xe, >350 nm filter | 64,426 | 6.2 (at 700 nm) |
[30] |
| PFODTBT/ PS-PEG-COOH |
13 μg mL−1 photocatalyst; 3 mL 0.2 M ascorbic acid (pH 4); Pd 0.1 w/w% |
White LED light (17 W, 5000 K), >420 nm filter |
63,000 | 0.6 (at 550 nm) |
[159] |
| D1,D2,ITIC/ PS-PEG- COOH |
62 μg photocatalyst (55 wt. % ITIC); 2 mL 0.8 M ascorbic acid (pH 4); Pt 6 wt. % (b) |
White LED light (17 W, 5000 K), >420 nm filter |
60,800 | 7.1 (at 600 nm) |
[160] |
(a) Pt deposition process not specified. (b) Pt wt. % value inferred in photodeposition.