Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 285, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119823
Keywords
BaTiO3 nanocubes/cuboids; Selective deposition; Piezocatalysis; Steady-state approximation; Kinetics
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51872335, 51202298]
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China [2015A030311019]
- Postdoctoral Research Foundation of China [2020M672959]
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Using a piezoelectrochemical method, selective deposition of Ag nanoparticles on the positively polar end of BaTiO3 nanocubes/cuboids has been achieved, leading to a significant enhancement in catalytic activity. The study sheds light on the piezocatalytic mechanism, offering an efficient way to improve catalytic performance.
The selective deposition of noble metals on catalysts is an attractive modification method for improving catalytic efficiency. However, it is sometimes hard to achieve when facet energies of nano-catalysts show negligible differences. Here, we reported a piezoelectrochemical method which can realize the selective deposition of Ag nanoparticles on the positively polar end of {001}-enclosed BaTiO3 (BTO) nanocubes/cuboids. Furthermore, BTO nanocubes/cuboids with selectively-deposited Ag nanoparticles show approximately 2 times higher piezocatalytic activity than those with randomly-loaded Ag nanoparticles, and much higher than pure BTO nanocubes/cuboids. The piezocatalytic mechanism revealed that the Ag nanoparticles deposited on positively polar end act as fast lanes for electrons to transfer to catalysts/solution interfaces, while those loaded on negatively polar end serve as holes trappers hindering center dot OH formation and pollutant degradation. This work confirms an efficient way to improve piezocatalytic performance and provides an insightful discussion of piezocatalytic mechanism.
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