期刊
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
卷 285, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119833
关键词
Heterostructure; Quantum dots; Nanoparticles; Photocatalysis; BiVO4
资金
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China [ZR2019MB006]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2018M632610, 2017M610409]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21303232]
- Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [2014380]
- World-Class University and Discipline Program and the Taishan Scholar's Advantageous and Distinctive Discipline Program and the world-Class Discipline Program of Shandong Province
Chemically bonded BiVO4/ZnO quantum dot heterostructures were fabricated using a simple solution dry-out method, forming chemically bonded interfaces (CBIs) that promote photoexcited electron transfer and serve as hole-blocking layers. The CBIs showed excellent performance in both UV and visible light regions, leading to significantly increased photocurrent density in BiVO4/ZnO QDs without a cocatalyst. Additionally, ethylene glycol was found to partially reduce Bi ions to elemental bismuth during the calcination process, contributing to improved water oxidation kinetics.
We have fabricated chemically bonded BiVO4/ZnO quantum dot (QD) heterostructures through a simple solution dry-out method. Chemically bonded interfaces (CBIs), thin films surrounding the ZnO QDs, are formed during the calcination process, which tightly combines the BiVO4 and ZnO structures through Bi-O and Zn-O bonds. The first principle calculations demonstrate that CBIs can not only facilitate the photoexcited electron transfer from ZnO to BiVO4, but can also trap their holes serving as a hole-transport layer. As observed from the spectra of incident photo-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE), CBIs operate in the UV as well as the visible light region. The BiVO4/ZnO QDs showed the greatest photocurrent density (5.5 mA/cm(2) at 1.23 V vs. RHE) in the absence of a cocatalyst. Moreover, the etched XPS spectra show that the Bi ions get partially reduced to elemental bismuth by ethylene glycol during the calcination process. This can also contribute to the water oxidation kinetics facilitated by the valence variation.
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