journal article·2023-08Open access

Selective Cocatalyst Decoration of Narrow‐Bandgap Broken‐Gap Heterojunction for Directional Charge Transfer and High Photocatalytic Properties

Jingwei Li, Hongli Fang, Mengqi Wu, Churong Ma, Ruqian Lian, San Ping Jiang, Mohamed Nawfal Ghazzal, Zebao Rui

Small· Volume 19· Issue 35

Abstract

Abstract Narrow‐bandgap semiconductors are promising photocatalysts facing the challenges of low photoredox potentials and high carrier recombination. Here, a broken‐gap heterojunction Bi/Bi2S3/Bi/MnO2/MnOx, composed of narrow‐bandgap semiconductors, is selectively decorated by Bi, MnOx nanodots (NDs) to achieve robust photoredox ability. The Bi NDs insertion at the Bi2S3/MnO2 interface induces a vertical carrier migration to realize sufficient photoredox potentials to produce O2•− and •OH active species. The surface decoration of Bi2S3/Bi/MnO2 by Bi and MnOx cocatalysts drives electrons and holes in opposite directions for optimal photogenerated charge separation. The selective cocatalysts decoration realizes synergistic surface and bulk phase carrier separation. Density functional theory (DFT) calculation suggests that Bi and MnOx NDs act as active sites enhancing the absorption and reactants activation. The decorated broken‐gap heterojunction demonstrates excellent performance for full‐light driving organic pollution degradation with great commercial application potential.
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques · Perovskite Materials and Applications · Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties

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Affiliations

School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, The Key Laboratory of Low‐carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Platform Chemicals from Marine Biomass and Their Functionalization Sun Yat‐sen University Zhuhai 519082 China

Institut de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000 CNRS Université Paris‐Saclay Orsay 91405 France

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials/Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Clean Energy and Materials Guangzhou University Guangzhou 510006 P. R. China

Hebei Key Lab of Optic‐Electronic Information and Materials, The College of Physics Science and Technology Hebei University Baoding 071002 P. R. China

Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications, Institute of Photonics Technology Jinan University Guangzhou 511443 China

Foshan Xianhu Laboratory of the Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory Foshan Guangdong 528216 China

WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering Curtin University Perth WA 6102 Australia

Funding

China Scholarship Council · Agence Nationale de la Recherche

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