Copyright WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69469 Weinheim, Germany, 2016.

Supporting Information
for Adv. Energy Mater., DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201600719

Architecting Nitrogen Functionalities on Graphene Oxide

Photocatalysts for Boosting Hydrogen Production in Water
Decomposition Process
Liang-Che Chen, Chiao-Yi Teng, Chun-Yu Lin, Hsin-Yu
Chang, Shean-Jen Chen, and Hsisheng Teng*
Copyright WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69469 Weinheim, Germany, 2013.

Supporting Information

Architecting Nitrogen Functionalities on Graphene Oxide Photocatalysts

for Boosting Hydrogen Production in Water Decomposition Process

Liang-Che Chen, Chiao-Yi Teng, Chun-Yu Lin, Hsin-Yu Chang, Shean-Jen Chen, and

Hsisheng Teng*

Supporting information for:

(1) Morphology and crystal structure of GODs;
(2) Raman spectra of GOD, NGODs, and A-NGODs;
(3) XPS spectra of GODs;
(4) PL spectra of GODs, NGODs, and A-NGODs;
(5) UPS analysis of NGODs and A-NGODs;
(6) Normalized C K-edge XANES of NGODs and A-NGODs;
(7) Time course of H2 production over bare A-NGODs under visible light irradiation;
(8) FTIR spectrum of A-NGODs after a photocatalytic reaction;
(9) H2 evolution over the Pt-deposited A-NGOD:GO under visible light irradiation;
(10) Apparent quantum yields of reported photocatalysts in H2 production.

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1. Morphology and crystal structure of GODs

Figure S1. Morphology and crystal structure of GODs. a) TEM image of GODs; the inset

shows a histogram of the particle size distribution. b) HRTEM image of a GOD particle,

showing graphene { 1 100 } lattice planes with a d-spacing of 0.213 nm.

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2. Raman spectra of GODs, NGODs, and A-NGODs

Figure S2. a) Raman spectra of GODs, NGODs, and A-NGODs. b) double-resonant 2D bands

of GODs, NGODs, and A-NGODs (presented in datum points) were deconvoluted into two

peaks using a Gaussian function. The two peaks are presented using dash-line peaks and the

simulated 2D band is presented using a solid-line peak.

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3. XPS spectra of GODs

Figure S3. XPS spectra of the GODs. a) Full-range XPS spectrum. b) C 1s XPS spectrum. C

1s spectrum was deconvoluted into several peaks (indicated by the dash lines) that were fitted

using a Gaussian function.

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4. PL spectra of GODs, NGODs, and A-NGODs

Figure S4. PL spectra of GODs, NGODs, and A-NGODs subjected to 470 nm excitation.

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5. UPS analysis of NGODs and A-NGODs

Figure S5. Determination of the VBM levels with respect to the Fermi levels at low binding

energy and the secondary electron onset binding energy at high binding energy using the UPS

data. a,b) Low and high binding energy regions of the UPS spectrum of NGODs. c,d) Low

and high binding energy regions of the UPS spectrum of A-NGODs.

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6. Normalized C K-edge XANES of NGODs and A-NGODs

Figure S6. Normalized C K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectra of

NGODs and A-NGODs. The π* and σ* characteristics appear at approximately 285 and 292

eV in the XANES spectra, respectively.

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7. Time course of H2 production over bare A-NGODs under visible light irradiation

Figure S7. Time course of H2 production from the 10 vol% TEOA aqueous solution

containing bare A-NGODs over a period of 72 h, with several interventions for evacuating the

system. The system was irradiated by visible light (420 nm    800 nm) of intensity 40 mW

cm−2.

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8. FTIR spectrum of A-NGODs after a photocatalytic reaction

Figure S8. FTIR spectrum of A-NGODs after a 72-h photocatalytic reaction.

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9. H2 evolution over the Pt-deposited A-NGOD:GO under visible light irradiation

Figure S9. Time course of H2 production from the 10 vol% TEOA aqueous solution

containing the 3 wt% Pt-deposited A-NGOD:GO over a period of 84 h, with several

interventions for evacuating the system. The system was irradiated by visible light (420 nm 

  800 nm) of intensity 40 mW cm−2.

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10. Apparent quantum yields of reported photocatalysts in H2 production

Table S1 Apparent quantum yields (AQYs) of previously reported photocatalysts in H2

production from aqueous solutions containing sacrificial reagents under visible light

irradiation.

Light Incident Reaction

Photocatalyst Cocatalyst AQY(%) Reference*
source light solution

CdS/g-C3N4 Pt 300-W Xe 420 nm Ascorbic acid 8.0 65

Conjugated
Pt 300-W Xe 420 nm triethanolamine 8.8 66
C3N4
g-C3N4 Pt 300-W Xe 420 nm methanol 2.6 67
Hollow C3N4
Pt 300-W Xe 420 nm triethanolamine 7.5 68
nanospheres
TaON Pt 300-W Xe 420 nm methanol 6.3 69
SrTiO3:Rh Pt 300-W Xe 420 nm methanol 5.2 70

PbBi2Nb2O9 Pt 450-W Xe >420 nm methanol 0.95 71

PbTiO3 Pt 450-W Xe >400 nm methanol 0.33 72
H(Rb)Pb2Nb3O1 420500
Pt 500-W Xe methanol 5.0 73
0 nm
LaTiO2N Pt 300-W Xe >420 nm methanol 0.15 74

CdS/CdSe Pt 300-W Xe 450 nm methanol 20 75

ZnS:CuInS2:
Ru 300-W Xe 420 nm Na2S/K2SO3 7.4 76
AgInS2
-TaON Ru 300-W Xe 420 nm methanol 9.5 77
500-W
CdS/KNbO3 NiO >400 nm isopropanol 8.8 78
Hg-Xe
Cu3SnS4  300-W Xe 420 nm Na2S/Na2SO3 3.9 79
Erythrosin  300-W Xe 420 nm triethanolamine 11 80
*See the references in the main text.

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