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Dong G, Chen T, Kou F, Xie F, Xiao C, Liang J, Lou C, Zhuang J, Du S. Promoting the Photoelectrochemical Properties of BiVO 4 Photoanode via Dual Modification with CdS Nanoparticles and NiFe-LDH Nanosheets. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 14:1100. [PMID: 38998705 PMCID: PMC11242967 DOI: 10.3390/nano14131100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2024] [Revised: 06/02/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/14/2024]
Abstract
Bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) has long been considered a promising photoanode material for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. Despite its potential, significant challenges such as slow surface water evolution reaction (OER) kinetics, poor carrier mobility, and rapid charge recombination limit its application. To address these issues, a triadic photoanode has been fabricated by sequentially depositing CdS nanoparticles and NiFe-layered double hydroxide (NiFe-LDH) nanosheets onto BiVO4, creating a NiFe-LDH/CdS/BiVO4 composite. This newly engineered photoanode demonstrates a photocurrent density of 3.1 mA cm-2 at 1.23 V vs. RHE in 0.1 M KOH under AM 1.5 G illumination, outperforming the singular BiVO4 photoanode by a factor of 5.8 and the binary CdS/BiVO4 and NiFe-LDH/BiVO4 photoanodes by factors of 4.9 and 4.3, respectively. Furthermore, it exhibits significantly higher applied bias photon-to-current efficiency (ABPE) and incident photon-to-current efficiency (ICPE) compared to pristine BiVO4 and its binary counterparts. This enhancement in PEC performance is ascribed to the formation of a CdS/BiVO4 heterojunction and the presence of a NiFe-LDH OER co-catalyst, which synergistically facilitate charge separation and transfer efficiencies. The findings suggest that dual modification of BiVO4 with CdS and NiFe-LDH is a promising approach to enhance the efficiency of photoanodes for PEC water splitting.
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- Guofa Dong
- Fuzhou Institute of Oceanography, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China; (G.D.)
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- Fuzhou Institute of Oceanography, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China; (G.D.)
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- Fuzhou Institute of Oceanography, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China; (G.D.)
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- Fuzhou Institute of Oceanography, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China; (G.D.)
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- Fuzhou Institute of Oceanography, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China; (G.D.)
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- College of Materials Engineering, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- College of Materials Engineering, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- College of Materials Engineering, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Fuzhou Institute of Oceanography, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China; (G.D.)
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Liu Z, Li J, Liu S, Yuan Y, Chen A, Yu H, Wang S, Ding J, Fang H. Suppressing Carrier Recombination in BiVO 4/PEDOT:PSS Heterojunction for High-Performance Photodetector. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:2476-2484. [PMID: 38407931 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
Abstract
The organic-inorganic hybrid heterojunction is introduced for the first time to break through the performance bottleneck of BiVO4-based photodetectors. Through a facile solution process, a p-n heterojunction is established at the BiVO4/PEDOT:PSS interface, and the built-in electric field is designed to separate photogenerated charge carriers. The hybrid heterojunction outputs a significantly increased photocurrent, which is 24 000 times larger than that of the bare BiVO4 thin film. The photodetector shows a satisfactory performance with a responsivity (R) and specific detectivity (D*) of 107.8 mA/W and 4.13 × 1010 Jones at 482 nm illumination. In addition to the fast response speed (100 ms), the device also exhibits an impressive long-term stability with a negligible attenuation in photocurrent after more than 700 cycles. This work provides a novel strategy to suppress carrier recombination of BiVO4, and the coupling of metal oxides and organic semiconductors opens up a new avenue for fabricating high-performance photodetectors.
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- Zhe Liu
- Center for Advanced Laser Technology, Hebei University of Technology & Hebei Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Technology and Equipment, Tianjin 300401, China
- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Center for Advanced Laser Technology, Hebei University of Technology & Hebei Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Technology and Equipment, Tianjin 300401, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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Cheng C, Zhou Z, Long R. Time-Domain View of Polaron Dynamics in Metal Oxide Photocatalysts. J Phys Chem Lett 2023:10988-10998. [PMID: 38039093 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
Abstract
The polaron is a fundamental physical phenomenon in transition metal oxides (TMOs), and it has been studied extensively for decades. However, the implication of a polaron on photochemistry is still ambiguous. As such, understanding the fundamental properties and controlling the dynamics of polarons at the atomistic level is desired. In this Perspective, we seek to highlight the recent advances in studying small polarons in TMOs, with a particular focus on nonadiabatic molecular dynamics at the ab initio level, and discuss the implications for photocatalysis from the aspects of the structure, intrinsic physical properties, formation, migration, and recombination of small polarons. Finally, various methods were proposed to advance our understanding of manipulating the small-polaron dynamics, and strategies to design high-performance TMO-based photoelectrodes were discussed.
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- Cheng Cheng
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
- Center for Advanced Materials Research & College of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, P. R. China
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- Chemical Engineering and Technology, School of Water and Environment, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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Rahman MZ, Raziq F, Zhang H, Gascon J. Key Strategies for Enhancing H 2 Production in Transition Metal Oxide Based Photocatalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202305385. [PMID: 37530435 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202305385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023]
Abstract
Transition metal oxides (TMOs) were one of the first photocatalysts used to produce hydrogen from water using solar energy. Despite the emergence of many other genres of photocatalysts over the years, TMO photocatalysts remain dominant due to their easy synthesis and unique physicochemical properties. Various strategies have been developed to enhance the photocatalytic activity of TMOs, but the solar-to-hydrogen (STH) conversion efficiency of TMO photocatalysts is still very low (<2 %), which is far below the targeted STH of 10 % for commercial viability. This article provides a comprehensive analysis of several widely used strategies, including oxygen defects control, doping, establishing interfacial junctions, and phase-facet-morphology engineering, that have been adopted to improve TMO photocatalysts. By critically evaluating these strategies and providing a roadmap for future research directions, this article serves as a valuable resource for researchers, students, and professionals seeking to develop efficient energy materials for green energy solutions.
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- Mohammad Z Rahman
- KAUST Catalysis Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955, Saudi Arabia
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- KAUST Catalysis Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955, Saudi Arabia
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- KAUST Catalysis Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955, Saudi Arabia
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- KAUST Catalysis Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955, Saudi Arabia
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Zhang Y, Cheng C, Zhou Z, Long R, Fang WH. Surface Hydroxylation during Water Splitting Promotes the Photoactivity of BiVO 4(010) Surface by Suppressing Polaron-Mediated Charge Recombination. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:9096-9102. [PMID: 37791802 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
Abstract
Polaron-based electron transport restricts the photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting efficiency of BiVO4. However, the location and dynamics of polarons are significantly dependent on the surface hydroxylation. By performing ab initio nonadiabatic molecular dynamics simulations, we demonstrated that hydroxylation of BiVO4(010) surface greatly alleviates the detrimental effect of oxygen-vacancy-induced electron polaron (EP). Surface hydroxylation stabilizes the EP at the surface to facilitate water splitting, makes the polaron a shallow localized state, and reduces the intensity of high-frequency V-O bond stretching vibrations. By decreasing the nonadiabatic coupling and decoherence time, the charge carrier lifetimes are extended by 1-3 orders of magnitude depending on the hydroxylation coverage. Our study not only reveals that the surface hydroxylation mitigated detrimental impacts of polarons in metal oxides but also provided valuable insights into the benign effect of intermediate species on the photocatalytic reactivity.
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- Yitong Zhang
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Advanced Materials Research & College of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering School of Water and Environment, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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Tian X, Fang Q, Long R, Fang WH. Great Influence of Pressure and Isotope Effects on Nonradiative Charge Loss in Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:7134-7140. [PMID: 37534991 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
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The intrinsic softness of hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites (HOIPs) allows their lattice and optoelectronic performance to be tunable to external pressure. Using nonadiabatic (NA) molecular dynamics, we demonstrate that a mild pressure accelerates hot electron relaxation and suppresses nonradiative electron-hole recombination in CH3NH3PbI3. Both processes are governed by NA coupling, which is enhanced between the electronic states of the quasi-continuous bands while is decreased between the band-edge states by reducing the electron-hole wave function overlap. Hydrogen/deuterium isotope exchange alleviates the pressure-induced NA coupling by increasing lattice rigidity and decreasing wave function overlap, slowing down both the hot electron relaxation and electron-hole recombination processes. The simulated time scales of sub-3 ps for hot electron relaxation and half nanoseconds for recombination agree well with the experiments. The study suggests that the isotope exchange can mitigate the pressure-caused fast losses of hot electrons and further prolong the charge carrier lifetime in HOIPs.
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- Xuesong Tian
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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Meng Z, Pastor E, Selim S, Ning H, Maimaris M, Kafizas A, Durrant JR, Bakulin AA. Operando IR Optical Control of Localized Charge Carriers in BiVO 4 Photoanodes. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:17700-17709. [PMID: 37527512 PMCID: PMC10436276 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c04287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023]
Abstract
In photoelectrochemical cells (PECs) the photon-to-current conversion efficiency is often governed by carrier transport. Most metal oxides used in PECs exhibit thermally activated transport due to charge localization via the formation of polarons or the interaction with defects. This impacts catalysis by restricting the charge accumulation and extraction. To overcome this transport bottleneck nanostructuring, selective doping and photothermal treatments have been employed. Here we demonstrate an alternative approach capable of directly activating localized carriers in bismuth vanadate (BiVO4). We show that IR photons can optically excite localized charges, modulate their kinetics, and enhance the PEC current. Moreover, we track carriers bound to oxygen vacancies and expose their ∼10 ns charge localization, followed by ∼60 μs transport-assisted trapping. Critically, we demonstrate that localization is strongly dependent on the electric field within the device. While optical modulation has still a limited impact on overall PEC performance, we argue it offers a path to control devices on demand and uncover defect-related photophysics.
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- Zhu Meng
- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Processible Electronics, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, United
Kingdom
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- IPR−Institut
de Physique de Rennes, CNRS-Centre National
de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 6251 Université de Rennes, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Processible Electronics, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, United
Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Processible Electronics, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, United
Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Processible Electronics, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, United
Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Processible Electronics, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, United
Kingdom
- London
Centre for Nanotechnology, Imperial College
London, London SW7 2BP, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Processible Electronics, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, United
Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Processible Electronics, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, United
Kingdom
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Li H, Guo M, Zhou Z, Long R, Fang WH. Excitation-Wavelength-Dependent Charge-Carrier Lifetime in Hematite: An Insight from Nonadiabatic Molecular Dynamics. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:2448-2454. [PMID: 36867123 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Experiments have reported that the photoexcited carrier lifetime in α-Fe2O3 has a significant excitation-wavelength dependence but leave the physical mechanism unresolved. In this work, we rationalize the puzzling excitation-wavelength dependence of the photoexcited carrier dynamics in Fe2O3 by performing nonadiabatic molecular dynamics simulation based on the strongly constrained and appropriately normed functional, which accurately describes the electronic structure of Fe2O3. Photogenerated electrons with lower-energy excitation relax fast in the t2g conduction band within about 100 fs, while the photogenerated electrons with higher-energy excitation undergo first a slower interband relaxation from the eg lower state to the t2g upper state on a time scale of 135 ps, followed by the much faster t2g intraband relaxation. This study provides insight into the experimentally reported excitation-wavelength dependence of the carrier lifetime in Fe2O3 and a reference for regulating photogenerated carrier dynamics in transition-metal oxides through the light excitation wavelength.
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- Hongliang Li
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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- Shandong Computer Science Center (National Supercomputer Centre in Jinan), Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan Institute of Supercomputing Technology, Jinan, Shandong 250101, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Water and Environment, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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Yu L, Wang H, Huang Q, Liu H, Chen Q, Yuan B, Li Q, Zhao X, Tang J, Zhao D. One-pot microwave synthesized high-performance BiVO4/InVO4 heterojunction for photocatalytic reduction of Cr6+. Sep Purif Technol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Yang Z, Yuan M, Liu B, Zhang W, Maleki A, Guo B, Ma P, Cheng Z, Lin J. Conferring BiVO
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Nanorods with Oxygen Vacancies to Realize Enhanced Sonodynamic Cancer Therapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202209484. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202209484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Zhuang Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Changchun 130022 P. R. China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Changchun 130022 P. R. China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Changchun 130022 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Changchun 130022 P. R. China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 P. R. China
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- Zanjan Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology Research Center (ZPNRC), and Department of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology School of Pharmacy Zanjan University of Medical Sciences Zanjan 45139-56184 Iran
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, and Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, and Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research College of Stomatology Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Changchun 130022 P. R. China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Changchun 130022 P. R. China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 P. R. China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research and Development of Natural Drugs School of Pharmacy Guangdong Medical University Guangdong Medical University Key Laboratory of Research and Development of New Medical Materials Dongguan 523808 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Changchun 130022 P. R. China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 P. R. China
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Yang Z, Yuan M, Liu B, Zhang W, Maleki A, Guo B, Ma P, Cheng Z, Lin J. Conferring BiVO4 Nanorods with Oxygen Vacancies to Realize Enhanced Sonodynamic Cancer Therapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202209484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Zhuang Yang
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences: Chang Chun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization CHINA
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- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences: Chang Chun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization CHINA
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- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences: Chang Chun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization CHINA
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- Chang Chun Institute of Applied Chemistry: Chang Chun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization CHINA
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- Zanjan University of Medical Sciences Zanjan Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology Research Center (ZPNRC) CHINA
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- Xi'an Jiaotong University State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials CHINA
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- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences: Chang Chun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization CHINA
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- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences: Chang Chun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization CHINA
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- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences: Chang Chun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Lab Rare Earth Chem Phys 5625 Remin Street 130022 Changchun CHINA
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Nadolska M, Szkoda M, Trzciński K, Niedziałkowski P, Ryl J, Mielewczyk-Gryń A, Górnicka K, Prześniak-Welenc M. Insight into Potassium Vanadates as Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalysts: Synthesis of V(IV)-Rich Nano/Microstructures for the Photodegradation of Methylene Blue. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:9433-9444. [PMID: 35686953 PMCID: PMC9241143 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
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Photocatalysis is
regarded as a promising tool for wastewater remediation.
In recent years, many studies have focused on investigating novel
photocatalysts driven by visible light. In this study, K2V6O16·nH2O
nanobelts and KV3O8 microplatelets were synthesized
and investigated as photocatalysts. Samples were obtained via the
facile method based on liquid-phase exfoliation with ion exchange.
By changing the synthesis temperature (20–80 °C), different
compositions, morphologies, and V4+/V5+ ratios
were obtained and investigated as photocatalysts for organic dye degradation.
Potassium vanadates’ structural, morphological, and optical
properties were characterized using X-ray diffraction(XRD), Fourier
transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
(XPS), Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS), thermogravimetric
analysis (TGA) with mass spectrometry (MS), N2 adsorption,
scanning electron microscopy (SEM), photoluminescence (PL), and UV–vis
diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS). Synthesized K2V6O16·nH2O and KV3O8 showed an efficient absorption in the visible
wavelength region with a narrow band gap energy of 1.80 and 1.91 eV,
respectively. Their photocatalytic activity was evaluated by the degradation
of methylene blue (MB) under simulated solar light illumination. The
KV3O8 microplatelets exhibited the greatest
photocatalytic activity, resulting in more than 90% degradation of
the dye within the first 30 min. It is suggested that the observed
excellent photocatalytic performance is attributed to the high content
of V4+ species. Furthermore, the influence of active species
was investigated, and the mechanism responsible for the photodegradation
of the MB dye was discussed for the first time for potassium vanadates. Potassium vanadates were synthesized
via the facile method
based on liquid-phase exfoliation with ion exchange. Different synthesis
temperatures (20−80 °C) resulted in various phase compositions,
morphologies, and V4+/V5+ ratios. The obtained
samples were demonstrated as efficient visible-light driven photocatalysts,
resulting in more than 90% degradation of methylene blue within the
first 30−60 min. The enhanced photoactivity is attributed to
the high content of V4+ species, which are beneficial for
the separation of photogenerated electrons and holes and their lifetime.
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- Małgorzata Nadolska
- Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Institute of Nanotechnology and Materials Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, Gdansk 80-233, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Gdansk University of Technology, Narutowicza11/12, Gdansk 80-233, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Gdansk University of Technology, Narutowicza11/12, Gdansk 80-233, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, Gdansk 80-308, Poland
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- Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Institute of Nanotechnology and Materials Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, Gdansk 80-233, Poland
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- Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Institute of Nanotechnology and Materials Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, Gdansk 80-233, Poland
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- Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Institute of Nanotechnology and Materials Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, Gdansk 80-233, Poland
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- Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Institute of Nanotechnology and Materials Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, Gdansk 80-233, Poland
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Cheng C, Fang Q, Fernandez-Alberti S, Long R. Depleted Oxygen Defect State Enhancing Tungsten Trioxide Photocatalysis: A Quantum Dynamics Perspective. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:5571-5580. [PMID: 35696649 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Oxygen vacancies generally create midgap states in transition metal oxides, which are expected to decrease the photoelectrochemical water-splitting efficiency. Recent experiments defy this expectation but leave the mechanism unclear. Focusing on the photoanode WO3 as a prototypical system, we demonstrate using nonadiabatic molecular dynamics that an oxygen vacancy suppresses nonradiative electron-hole recombination, because the defect acts as an electron reservoir instead of a recombination center. The occupied midgap electrons prefer to be populated a priori compared to the band edge transition because of a larger transition dipole moment, converting to depleted/unoccupied trap states that rapidly accept conduction band electrons and then cause trap-assisted recombination by impeding the bandgap recombination regardless of oxygen vacancy configurations. The reported results provide a fundamental understanding of the "realistic" role of the oxygen vacancies and their influence on charge-phonon dynamics and carrier lifetime. The study generates valuable insights into the design of high-performance transition metal oxide photocatalysts.
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- Cheng Cheng
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Departamento de Cienciay Tecnologia, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes/CONICET, B1876BXD Bernal, Argentina
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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Zhao X, Lu H, Fang WH, Long R. Correlated organic-inorganic motion enhances stability and charge carrier lifetime in mixed halide perovskites. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:4644-4653. [PMID: 35262126 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr07732e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Organic cations are believed to have little influence on the charge carrier lifetime in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites. Experiments defy this expectation. We consider formamidinium lead iodide (FAPbI3) doping with and without Br as two prototypical systems, and perform ab initio time-domain nonadiabatic (NA) molecular dynamics simulations to investigate nonradiative electron-hole recombination. The simulations demonstrate that correlated organic-inorganic motion stabilizes the lattice and inhibits nonradiative charge recombination in FAPbI3 upon Br doping. Br doping suppresses the rotation of FA and the vibrations of both organic and inorganic components, and leads to hole localization and the extent of localization is enhanced upon thermal impact, notably reducing the NA coupling by decreasing the overlap between the electron and hole wave functions. Doping also slightly increases the bandgap for further decreasing NA coupling and enhances the open-circuit voltage of perovskite solar cells. The small NA coupling and large bandgap beat the slow coherence loss, delaying electron-hole recombination and extending the charge carrier lifetime to 1.5 ns in Br-doped FAPbI3, which is on the order of 1.1 ns in pristine FAPbI3. The obtained time scales are in good agreement with experiments. Multiple phonon modes, including those of both the inorganic and organic components, couple to the electronic subsystem and accommodate the excess electronic energy lost during nonradiative charge recombination. The study reveals the unexpected atomistic mechanisms for the reduction of electron-hole recombination upon Br doping, rationalizes the experiments, and advances our understanding of the excited-state dynamics of perovskite solar cells.
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- Xi Zhao
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, People's Republic of China.
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Cheng C, Zhu Y, Fang WH, Long R, Prezhdo OV. CO Adsorbate Promotes Polaron Photoactivity on the Reduced Rutile TiO 2(110) Surface. JACS AU 2022; 2:234-245. [PMID: 35098240 PMCID: PMC8790733 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.1c00508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Polarons play a major role in determining the chemical properties of transition-metal oxides. Recent experiments show that adsorbates can attract inner polarons to surface sites. These findings require an atomistic understanding of the adsorbate influence on polaron dynamics and lifetime. We consider reduced rutile TiO2(110) with an oxygen vacancy as a prototypical surface and a CO molecule as a classic probe and perform ab initio adiabatic molecular dynamics, time-domain density functional theory, and nonadiabatic molecular dynamics simulations. The simulations show that subsurface polarons have little influence on CO adsorption and CO can desorb easily. On the contrary, surface polarons strongly enhance CO adsorption. At the same time, the adsorbed CO attracts polarons to the surface, allowing them to participate in catalytic processes with CO. The CO interaction with polarons changes their orbital origin, suppresses polaron hopping, and stabilizes them at surface sites. Partial delocalization of polarons onto CO decouples them from free holes, decreasing the nonadiabatic coupling and shortening the quantum coherence time, thereby reducing charge recombination. The calculations demonstrate that CO prefers to adsorb at the next-nearest-neighbor five-coordinated Ti3+ surface electron polaron sites. The reported results provide a fundamental understanding of the influence of electron polarons on the initial stage of reactant adsorption and the effect of the adsorbate-polaron interaction on the polaron dynamics and lifetime. The study demonstrates how charge and polaron properties can be controlled by adsorbed species, allowing one to design high-performance transition-metal oxide catalysts.
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- Cheng Cheng
- College
of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry
of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal
University, Beijing 100875, P.R. China
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- College
of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry
of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal
University, Beijing 100875, P.R. China
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- College
of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry
of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal
University, Beijing 100875, P.R. China
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- College
of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry
of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal
University, Beijing 100875, P.R. China
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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Wang S, Wang X, Liu B, Guo Z, Ostrikov KK, Wang L, Huang W. Vacancy defect engineering of BiVO 4 photoanodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:17989-18009. [PMID: 34726221 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr05691c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting has been regarded as a promising technology for sustainable hydrogen production. The development of efficient photoelectrode materials is the key to improve the solar-to-hydrogen (STH) conversion efficiency towards practical application. Bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) is one of the most promising photoanode materials with the advantages of visible light absorption, good chemical stability, nontoxic feature, and low cost. However, the PEC performance of BiVO4 photoanodes is limited by the relatively short hole diffusion length and poor electron transport properties. The recent rapid development of vacancy defect engineering has significantly improved the PEC performance of BiVO4. In this review article, the fundamental properties of BiVO4 are presented, followed by an overview of the methods for creating different kinds of vacancy defects in BiVO4 photoanodes. Then, the roles of vacancy defects in tuning the electronic structure, promoting charge separation, and increasing surface photoreaction kinetics of BiVO4 photoanodes are critically discussed. Finally, the major challenges and some encouraging perspectives for future research on vacancy defect engineering of BiVO4 photoanodes are presented, providing guidelines for the design of efficient BiVO4 photoanodes for solar fuel production.
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- Songcan Wang
- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an 710072, China.
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an 710072, China.
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an 710072, China.
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an 710072, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Physics and Centre for Materials Science Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
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- Nanomaterials Centre, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology and School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an 710072, China.
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Nikačević P, Hegner FS, Galán-Mascarós JR, López N. Influence of Oxygen Vacancies and Surface Facets on Water Oxidation Selectivity toward Oxygen or Hydrogen Peroxide with BiVO 4. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c03256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Pavle Nikačević
- Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Avda. Països Catalans, 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Avda. Països Catalans, 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Avda. Països Catalans, 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Avda. Països Catalans, 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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Kou S, Yu Q, Peng Y, Li G. Benefits on photocarrier transfer from the transition of 3D to a 2D morphology. CrystEngComm 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ce00353d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In the transition from three-dimensional to a two-dimensional morphology, the area of the (010) facet (electron surface) increases, and the conduction band bottom becomes more negative.
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- Shiwen Kou
- Henan Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Materials
- School of Physics and Electronics
- Kaifeng 475004
- PR China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Materials
- School of Physics and Electronics
- Kaifeng 475004
- PR China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Materials
- School of Physics and Electronics
- Kaifeng 475004
- PR China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Materials
- School of Physics and Electronics
- Kaifeng 475004
- PR China
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Physics and Electronics Education
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