Efficient Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting Induced by the Giant Internal Electric Field of a g‐C3N4/rGO/PDIP Z‐Scheme Heterojunction

A graphitic carbon nitride/rGO/perylene diimide polymer (g-C₃ N₄ /rGO/PDIP) Z-scheme heterojunction is successfully constructed to realize high-flux charge transfer and efficient photocatalytic overall water splitting. A giant internal electric field in the Z-scheme junction is built, enabling the charge separation efficiency to be enhanced dramatically by 8.5 times. Thus, g-C₃ N₄ /rGO/PDIP presents an efficient and stable photocatalytic overall water splitting activity with H₂ and O₂ evolution rate of 15.80 and 7.80 µmol h^-1 , respectively, ≈12.1 times higher than g-C₃ N₄ nanosheets. Meanwhile, a notable quantum efficiency of 4.94% at 420 nm and solar-to-hydrogen energy-conversion efficiency of 0.30% are achieved, prominently surpassing many reported g-C₃ N₄ -based photocatalysts. Briefly, this work throws light on enhancing the internal electric field by interface control to dramatically improve the photocatalytic performance.