期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 13, 期 24, 页码 28090-28097出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c04138
关键词
photocatalysts; 2D materials; Janus structures; HER; OER; water splitting
资金
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFB0701700]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51871009]
This study explores novel Janus structures based on the two-dimensional material MoSi2N4, which exhibit excellent stability and potential in photocatalytic applications. By constructing Janus structures, the separation of photoexcited electrons and holes is enhanced, altering the band alignment and providing driving force for water redox reactions. Surface N vacancy effectively reduces energy demand, allowing for a self-sustained catalytic process under light conditions.
Searching for highly efficient and eco-friendly photocatalysts for water splitting is essential for renewable conversion and storage of inexhaustible solar energy but remains a great challenge. Herein, based on the new emerging two-dimensional (2D) material of MoSi2N4, we report novel Janus MoSiGeN4 and WSiGeN4 structures with excellent stabilities and great potentials in photocatalytic applications through first-principles calculations. Comprehensive studies show that MoSi2N4, MoSiGeN4, and WSiGeN4 exhibit semiconductor characteristics with an indirect gap, appropriate band gaps, and strong optical absorbance in the visible spectrum. Excitingly, by constructing Janus structures, an intrinsic electric field is realized that enhances the spatial separation and anisotropic migration of photoexcited electrons and holes. Further, this strategy can also alter the band alignment to provide an adequate photoexcited carrier driving force for water redox reactions. Moreover, the surface N vacancy can effectively lower the energy demand of both hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) so that the catalytic process can be self-sustained under the potential provided by the photocatalyst alone. Particularly, the overall water splitting can proceed simultaneously and spontaneously on the surface of MoSiGeN4 and WSiGeN4 when pH is 3 or >= 8, respectively. These explorations offer new prospects for the design of highly efficient photocatalysts.
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