Journal
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL SOLID-STATE MATERIALS
Volume 267, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2021.115097
Keywords
BiVO4; Bi2WO6; Nanosheets; Solid solution; Hydrogen
Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province, China [1708085ME97]
- Foundation for Young Talents in College of Anhui Province [gxfxZD2016052]
- Opening Project of Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Emission Reduction & Resources Recycling, Ministry of Education, China [JKF18-01]
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Photocatalytic H-2 evolution through water splitting on semiconductor catalysts is a promising and efficient way to convert solar energy into chemical fuel. In this study, a simple strategy was used to synthesize the two-dimensional solid solution BWV-x, which showed improved H-2 generation efficiency. The band gap engineering and charge transfer mechanism of BWV-0.33 led to a significant enhancement in its photocatalytic performance.
Photocatalytic H-2 evolution through water splitting on the semiconductor catalysts is a promising and efficient solution to convert inexhaustible solar energy into chemical fuel. In this report, the robust two-dimensional BWV-x (0 <= x <= 0.5) solid solution were synthesized via a facile one-step strategy for photocatalytic H-2 evolution. The band gaps of BWV-x could be tuned easily in a wide range from 3.0 to 2.2 eV according to their chemical composition. When the value of x was 0.33, the BWV-0.33 displayed a high H-2 generation rate of 747 mu mol.h(-1) g(cat)(-1), which was about 5.2-fold that of pristine Bi2WO6. Mott-Schottky and UV-Vis absorbance spectroscopy studies of BWV-x revealed that the appropriate band gap and high conduction band edge position of BWV-0.33 led to a significant improvement in photocatalytic performance. The charge transfer mechanism for H-2 production over the BWV-0.33 was further proposed. This work shows the potential of band gap engineering by constructing solid solutions for efficient semiconductor photocatalysis.
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