Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution on Phosphorus-Doped Covalent Triazine-Based Frameworks

Seeking efficient visible-light-driven photocatalysts for water splitting to produce H₂ has attracted much attention. Chemical doping is an effective strategy to enhance photocatalytic performance. Herein, we reported phosphorus-doped covalent triazine-based frameworks (CTFs) for photocatalytic H₂ evolution. Phosphorus-doped CTFs were fabricated by a facile thermal treatment using easily available red phosphorus as the external phosphorus species. The introduction of phosphorus atoms into the frameworks modified the optical and electronic property of CTFs, thus promoting the generation, separation, and migration of photoinduced electron-hole pairs. Consequently, the photocatalytic H₂-production efficiency of phosphorus-doped CTFs was greatly improved, which was 4.5, 3.9, and 1.8 times as high as that of undoped CTFs and phosphorus-doped g-C₃N₄ calcined from melamine and urea, respectively.