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Jiang Y, Sun H, Guo J, Liang Y, Qin P, Yang Y, Luo L, Leng L, Gong X, Wu Z. Vacancy Engineering in 2D Transition Metal Chalcogenide Photocatalyst: Structure Modulation, Function and Synergy Application. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2310396. [PMID: 38607299 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202310396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Revised: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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Transition metal chalcogenides (TMCs) are widely used in photocatalytic fields such as hydrogen evolution, nitrogen fixation, and pollutant degradation due to their suitable bandgaps, tunable electronic and optical properties, and strong reducing ability. The unique 2D malleability structure provides a pre-designed platform for customizable structures. The introduction of vacancy engineering makes up for the shortcomings of photocorrosion and limited light response and provides the greatest support for TMCs in terms of kinetics and thermodynamics in photocatalysis. This work reviews the effect of vacancy engineering on photocatalytic performance based on 2D semiconductor TMCs. The characteristics of vacancy introduction strategies are summarized, and the development of photocatalysis of vacancy engineering TMCs materials in energy conversion, degradation, and biological applications is reviewed. The contribution of vacancies in the optical range and charge transfer kinetics is also discussed from the perspective of structure manipulation. Vacancy engineering not only controls and optimizes the structure of the TMCs, but also improves the optical properties, charge transfer, and surface properties. The synergies between TMCs vacancy engineering and atomic doping, other vacancies, and heterojunction composite techniques are discussed in detail, followed by a summary of current trends and potential for expansion.
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- Yi Jiang
- Key Laboratory for Rural Ecosystem Health in the Dongting Lake Area of Hunan Province, College of Environment and Ecology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Rural Ecosystem Health in the Dongting Lake Area of Hunan Province, College of Environment and Ecology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, P. R. China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Hunan University of Technology and Business, Changsha, 410205, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Rural Ecosystem Health in the Dongting Lake Area of Hunan Province, College of Environment and Ecology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Rural Ecosystem Health in the Dongting Lake Area of Hunan Province, College of Environment and Ecology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Rural Ecosystem Health in the Dongting Lake Area of Hunan Province, College of Environment and Ecology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Rural Ecosystem Health in the Dongting Lake Area of Hunan Province, College of Environment and Ecology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, P. R. China
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- School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Rural Ecosystem Health in the Dongting Lake Area of Hunan Province, College of Environment and Ecology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Rural Ecosystem Health in the Dongting Lake Area of Hunan Province, College of Environment and Ecology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, P. R. China
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Rezaei M, Nezamzadeh-Ejhieh A, Massah AR. A comprehensive review on the boosted effects of anion vacancy in the heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation, part I: Focus on sulfur, nitrogen, carbon, and halogen vacancies. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2024; 269:115927. [PMID: 38181561 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.115927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/01/2024] [Indexed: 01/07/2024]
Abstract
The greenest environmental remediation way is the photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants. However, limited photocatalytic applications are due to poor sunlight absorption and photogenerated charge carriers' recombination. These limitations can be overcome by introducing anion vacancy (AV) (O, S, N, C, and Halogen) defects in semiconductors that enhance light harvesting, facilitate charge separation, modulate electronic structure, and produce reactive radicals. In continuing part A of this review, in this part, we summarized the recent AVs' research, including S, N, C, and halogen vacancies on the boosted photocatalytic features of semiconductor materials, like metal oxides/sulfides, oxyhalides, and nitrides in detail. Also, we outline the recently developed AV designs for the photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants. The AV creating and analysis methods and the recent photocatalytic applications and mechanisms of AV-mediated photocatalysts are reviewed. AV engineering photocatalysts' challenges and development prospects are illustrated to get a promising research direction.
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- Mahdieh Rezaei
- Department of Chemistry, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, P.O. Box 311-86145, Shahreza, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, P.O. Box 311-86145, Shahreza, Isfahan, Iran; Department of Chemistry, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
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- Department of Chemistry, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, P.O. Box 311-86145, Shahreza, Isfahan, Iran; Department of Chemistry, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
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Yang Z, Peng X, Zheng J, Wang Z. Plasma synthesis of oxygen vacancy-rich CuO/Cu 2(OH) 3NO 3 heterostructure nanosheets for boosting degradation performance. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:29108-29119. [PMID: 37869910 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp03918h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
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Defect regulation and the construction of a heterojunction structure are effective strategies to improve the catalytic activity of catalysts. In this work, the rapid conversion of CuO to Cu2(OH)3NO3 was achieved by fixing nitrogen in air as NO3- using dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma. This innovative approach resulted in the successful synthesis of a CuO/Cu2(OH)3NO3 nanosheet heterostructure. Notably, the samples prepared using plasma exhibit thinner thickness and larger specific surface area. Importantly, oxygen vacancies are introduced, simultaneously forming heterojunction interfaces within the CuO/Cu2(OH)3NO3 structure. CuO/Cu2(OH)3NO3 using plasma effectively degraded 96% of methyl orange within 8 min in the dark. The degradation rate is 81 and 23 times that of CuO and Cu2(OH)3NO3 using hydrothermal methods, respectively. The high catalytic activity is attributed to the large specific surface area, the abundance of active sites, and the synergy between oxygen vacancies and the strong heterojunction interfacial interactions, which accelerate the transfer of electrons and the production of reactive oxygen species (˙O2- and ˙OH). The mechanism of plasma preparation was proposed on account of microstructure characterization and online mass spectroscopy, which indicated that gas etching, gas expansion, and the repulsive force of electrons play key roles in plasma exfoliation.
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- Zikun Yang
- National Engineering Research Center of Industry Crystallization Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, China.
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- National Engineering Research Center of Industry Crystallization Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, China.
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- National Engineering Research Center of Industry Crystallization Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, China.
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- National Engineering Research Center of Industry Crystallization Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, China.
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Li Y, Xu F, Sun L, Xue X, Wang Y, Liao L, Guan Y, Li B, Zhang K, Zou Y, Zhang H. Enhanced visible-light-driven RhB removal with a Mo–Ni bimetallic sulfide/g-C 3N 4 nanosheet Schottky junction. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj01100j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A novel Schottky heterojunction is fabricated from narrow bandgap Mo–Ni bimetallic sulfide and g-C3N4 nanosheets to maximize carrier separation.
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- Yaying Li
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials & Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center for Structure and Properties for New Energy and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials & Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center for Structure and Properties for New Energy and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials & Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center for Structure and Properties for New Energy and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials & Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center for Structure and Properties for New Energy and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials & Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center for Structure and Properties for New Energy and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials & Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center for Structure and Properties for New Energy and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials & Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center for Structure and Properties for New Energy and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials & Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center for Structure and Properties for New Energy and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials & Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center for Structure and Properties for New Energy and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials & Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center for Structure and Properties for New Energy and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials & Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center for Structure and Properties for New Energy and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
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Singh S, Yadav RK, Kim TW, Singh C, Singh P, P. Singh A, Singh AK, Singh AK, Baeg JO, Gupta SK. Design of a graphitic carbon nitride catalytic–biocatalytic system for solar light-based CO 2 production. REACT CHEM ENG 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2re00079b] [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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We report that generating (formic acid) and regenerating (NADH/NADPH) from CO2 and NAD+/NADP+ using a nitrogen-rich polymeric carbon nitride catalytic–biocatalytic system under solar light (λ > 420 nm) could provide a new approach for storage of clean energy.
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- Satyam Singh
- Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, 273010, (U.P.), India
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- Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, 273010, (U.P.), India
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- Department of Chemistry, Mokpo National University, Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do, 58554, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, 273010, (U.P.), India
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- Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, 273010, (U.P.), India
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- Department of Chemistry, Chandigarh University, Mohali, 140413, Punjab, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Deen Dayal Upadhaya University, Gorakhpur, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Deen Dayal Upadhaya University, Gorakhpur, India
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- Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, South Korea
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- Nanoionics and Energy Storage Laboratory (NanoESL), Department of Physics and Material Science, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur (U. P.), India
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Arif N, Lin YZ, Wang K, Dou YC, Zhang Y, Li K, Liu S, Liu FT. Bimetallic zeolite-imidazole framework-based heterostructure with enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production activity. RSC Adv 2021; 11:9048-9056. [PMID: 35423444 PMCID: PMC8695345 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra00781e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Bimetallic zeolite-imidazole frameworks with controllable flat band position, band gap and hydrogen evolution reaction characteristics were adopted as a photocatalytic hydrogen production catalyst. Furthermore, the g-C3N4-MoS2 2D-2D surface heterostructure was introduced to the ZnM-ZIF to facilitate the separation as well as utilization efficiency of the photo-exited charge carriers in the ZnM-ZIFs. On the other hand, the ZnM-ZIFs not only inhibited the aggregation of the g-C3N4-MoS2 heterostructure, but also improved the separation and transport efficiency of charge carriers in g-C3N4-MoS2. Consequently, the optimal g-C3N4-MoS2-ZnNi-ZIF exhibited an extraordinary photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity 214.4, 37.5, and 3.7 times larger than that of the pristine g-C3N4, g-C3N4-ZnNi-ZIF and g-C3N4-MoS2, respectively, and exhibited a H2-evolution performance of 77.8 μmol h-1 g-1 under UV-Vis light irradiation coupled with oxidation of H2O into H2O2. This work will furnish a new MOF candidate for photocatalysis and provide insight into better utilization of porous MOF-based heterostructures for hydrogen production from pure water.
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- Nayab Arif
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan Jinan 250022 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan Jinan 250022 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan Jinan 250022 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan Jinan 250022 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan Jinan 250022 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan Jinan 250022 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan Jinan 250022 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan Jinan 250022 China
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