Bismuth oxybromide（BiOBr） with a hierarchical microcube morphology was successfully synthesized via microwave-assisted ionothermal self-assembly method. The as-obtained BiOBr was composed of regular multi-layered nanosheets, which were formed by selective adsorption of ionic liquids on the Br-terminated surface, followed by the formation of hydrogen bond-co-π-π stacking.The synthesized BiOBr exhibited high activity, excellent stability, and superior mineralization ability in the photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes under visible light owing to its enhanced light absorbance and narrow bandgap. Furthermore, photo-generated electrons were determined to be the main active species by comparison with different trapping agents used in the photocatalytic reactions.
Photoactive WO3is attractive as a photocatalyst for green energy evolution through water splitting.In the present work,an electrochemical anodic oxidation method was used to fabricate a photo‐responsive nanotube array‐like WO3/W(NA‐WO3/W)photoanode from W foil as a precursor.Compared with a reference commercial WO3/W electrode,the NA‐WO3/W photoanode exhibited enhanced and stable photoelectrocatalytic(PEC)activity for visible‐light‐driven water splitting with a typical H2/O2stoichiometric ratio of2:1and quantum efficiency of approximately5.23%under visible‐light irradiation from a light‐emitting diode(λ=420nm,15mW/cm2).The greatly enhanced PEC performance of the NA‐WO3/Wphotoanode was attributed to its fast electron–hole separation rate,which resulted from the one‐dimensional nanotube array‐like structure,high crystallinity of monoclinic WO3,and strong interaction between WO3and W foil.This work paves the way to a facile route to prepare highly active photoelectrodes for solar light transfer to chemical energy.
Ammonia is one of the most essential chemicals in the modern society but its production still heavily relies on energy-consuming Haber-Bosch processes.The photocatalytic reduction of nitrogen with water for ammonia production has attracted much attention recently due to its synthesis under mild conditions at room temperature and atmospheric pressure using sunlight.Herein,we report a high-performance Au/MIL-100(Cr)photocatalyst,comprising MIL-100(Cr)and Au nanoparticles in photocatalytic nitrogen reduction to ammonia at ambient conditions under visible light irradiation.The optimized photocatalyst(i.e.,0.10Au/MIL-100(Cr))achieved the excellent ammonia production rate with 39.9μg g_(cat)^(-1) h^(-1) compared with pure MIL-100(Cr)(2.73μg gcat^(-1) h^(-1)),which was nearly 15 times that on pure MIL-100(Cr).The remarkable activity could be attributed to the adsorption-plasmonic synergistic effects in which the MIL-100(Cr)and Au are responsible to the strong trapping and adsorption of N2 molecules and photo-induced plasmonic hot electrons activating and decomposing the N2 molecules,respectively.This study might provide a new strategy for designing an efficient plasmonic photocatalyst to improve the photocatalytic performance of N2 fixation under visible light irradiation.
Yunni LiuXingyu YeRuping LiYing TaoChi ZhangZichao LianDieqing ZhangGuisheng Li
