<p>Industrial hydrazine (N<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>) wastewater is highly toxic and difficult to treat sustainably, and current treatment technologies are typically energy/chemical intensive while conventional photocatalysts either underutilize the solar spectrum or suffer from inefficient charge utilization. Here we induce efficient narrow-bandgap organic photovoltaic catalysts (OPCs) with donor–acceptor heterojunctions that harvest visible to near-infrared solar light and facilitate effective charge separation and transfer to drive remediation of hydrazine wastewater while co-producing hydrogen without external energy input or added sacrificial reagents. Then we effectively enhance the operating stability and performance in complex wastewater matrices by incorporating Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-coated OPC nanoparticles. Furthermore, the detailed catalytic mechanism based on proton-coupled electron transfer is revealed through density functional theory calculations combining in situ spectroscopy and isotope experiment. Under simulated sunlight (AM 1.5 G, 100 mW cm<sup>−2</sup>), the optimized OPC nanoparticles reduce 640 ppm N<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub> to trace levels (hundredths of ppm) within 5 h, meeting the industrial and agricultural safety standards, with mass/area-normalized hydrogen evolution rates of up to 559.3 ± 28.0 mmol h<sup>−1</sup> g<sup>−1</sup>/117.6 ± 4.7 mmol h<sup>−1</sup> m<sup>−2</sup> and good recyclability and no secondary discharge, demonstrating a feasible, efficient and sustainable route for hazardous wastewater remediation.</p>

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Solar remediation of hydrazine wastewater using efficient narrow-bandgap organic photovoltaic catalysts

  • Yuhao Wu,
  • Yuhsuan Lee,
  • Zhenzhen Zhang,
  • Yawen Li,
  • Wenqin Si,
  • Shuming Bai,
  • Yuze Lin

摘要

Industrial hydrazine (N2H4) wastewater is highly toxic and difficult to treat sustainably, and current treatment technologies are typically energy/chemical intensive while conventional photocatalysts either underutilize the solar spectrum or suffer from inefficient charge utilization. Here we induce efficient narrow-bandgap organic photovoltaic catalysts (OPCs) with donor–acceptor heterojunctions that harvest visible to near-infrared solar light and facilitate effective charge separation and transfer to drive remediation of hydrazine wastewater while co-producing hydrogen without external energy input or added sacrificial reagents. Then we effectively enhance the operating stability and performance in complex wastewater matrices by incorporating Al2O3-coated OPC nanoparticles. Furthermore, the detailed catalytic mechanism based on proton-coupled electron transfer is revealed through density functional theory calculations combining in situ spectroscopy and isotope experiment. Under simulated sunlight (AM 1.5 G, 100 mW cm−2), the optimized OPC nanoparticles reduce 640 ppm N2H4 to trace levels (hundredths of ppm) within 5 h, meeting the industrial and agricultural safety standards, with mass/area-normalized hydrogen evolution rates of up to 559.3 ± 28.0 mmol h−1 g−1/117.6 ± 4.7 mmol h−1 m−2 and good recyclability and no secondary discharge, demonstrating a feasible, efficient and sustainable route for hazardous wastewater remediation.