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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 6, Issue 69, Pages 64930-64936Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6ra11407e
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21301063]
- Natural Science Foundation of Education Department of Henan Province [12B150015]
- Sci-tech Development Programme of Zhengzhou [20120325]
- DOE-NNSA [DE-NA0001974]
- DOE-BES [DE-FG02-99ER45775, DE-AC02-06CH11357]
- NSF
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Elemental doping and liquid exfoliation are two efficient approaches to improve the visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity of Nb/Ta based perovskite semiconductors. Herein, by liquid exfoliation of nitrogen and tetravalent niobium controllably doped KCa2Nb3O10 precursors, yellow and black [Ca2Nb3O10](-) nanosheets with single-molecule thickness were fabricated for the first time for hydrogen evolution under visible-light irradiation. Comparative experiments on the ammonization conditions revealed that the additive K2CO3 played an essential role in determining the reduction of Nb5+ through a defect chemistry mechanism. Due to the synergistic effect of N- and Nb4+-doping, black [Ca2Nb3O10](-) nanosheets exhibit superior visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity to yellow and bare [Ca2Nb3O10](-) nanosheets. These results can not only provide deeper insights into the contributions from N- and Nb4+-doping to wide-bandgap semiconductors, but also give examples combining two chemical manipulation approaches towards enhanced photocatalytic performance.
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