Tuning the exposure of BiVO-{010} facets to enhance the N photofixation performance
Effective separation of photoexcited carriers and chemisorption of the N 2 molecule are two key issues to efficient nitrogen photofixation. The spatial charge separation of BiVO 4 with anisotropic exposed facets, namely the transfer of photoexcited electrons and holes to {010} and {110} facets, resp...
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Published in | RSC advances Vol. 11; no. 46; pp. 2898 - 28911 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Published |
27.08.2021
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Summary: | Effective separation of photoexcited carriers and chemisorption of the N
2
molecule are two key issues to efficient nitrogen photofixation. The spatial charge separation of BiVO
4
with anisotropic exposed facets, namely the transfer of photoexcited electrons and holes to {010} and {110} facets, respectively, helps to enhance the separation ability of photogenerated carriers. Theoretical calculation results predict that a surface oxygen vacancy is easier to form on the (010) facet than on the (110) facet of BiVO
4
. Accordingly, in this study, enhanced N
2
photofixation performance has been achieved for the first time by tuning the exposure of {010} facets of BiVO
4
.
Effective separation of photoexcited carriers and chemisorption of the N
2
molecule are two key issues to efficient nitrogen photofixation. |
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Bibliography: | 10.1039/d1ra02739e Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI |
ISSN: | 2046-2069 |
DOI: | 10.1039/d1ra02739e |