Efficient wide-spectrum photocatalytic overall water splitting over ultrathin molecular nickel phthalocyanine/BiVO4 Z-scheme heterojunctions without noble metals
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ArticleKAUST Department
Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Research CenterPhysical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2021-04-27Online Publication Date
2021-04-27Print Publication Date
2021-10Embargo End Date
2023-05-04Submitted Date
2021-04-05Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/669440
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Photocatalytic overall water splitting (OWS) is a promising route for sustainable production of hydrogen fuels. A grand challenge is developing efficient photocatalysts with extended light absorption, high charge separation and abundant catalytic sites. Here, we designed molecular nickel phthalocyanines on phosphate-functionalized bismuth vanadate nanosheets (NiPc/PO-BVNS) as ultrathin heterojunctions, targeting OWS without noble-metal cocatalysts or sacrificial agents. Optimal NiPc/PO-BVNS affords H2/O2 evolution rates of 23.89/12.23 μmol g−1 h−1 with stoichiometric ratio under UV–vis irradiation, which reaches remarkable 50-fold enhancement over the benchmark g-C3N4/BVNS. The excellent photoactivities are ascribed to the novel Z-scheme charge separation between NiPc and PO-BVNS, where phosphates are proved to induce quasi-single-molecule-layer dispersion of NiPcs by H-bonding effect meanwhile create negative field to trap holes. Moreover, well-defined Ni2+–N4 center of NiPc could function as the catalytic sites for H2 evolution. This work diversifies the artificial photosynthesis systems with a facile strategy of constructing novel Z-scheme organic/inorganic heterojunctions.Citation
Feng, J., Bian, J., Bai, L., Xi, S., Wang, Y., Chen, C., & Jing, L. (2021). Efficient wide-spectrum photocatalytic overall water splitting over ultrathin molecular nickel phthalocyanine/BiVO4 Z-scheme heterojunctions without noble metals. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 295, 120260. doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120260Sponsors
This work was supported by the NSFC project (U1805255).Publisher
Elsevier BVAdditional Links
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0926337321003866ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120260