journal article·2025-05Open access

Oxygen Doping Enables Tailored Built‐In Electric Fields in FeOCl/g‐C3N4 Heterojunctions for Enhanced Peroxymonosulfate Activation

Ying Zeng, Hong Qin, Fuqi Wu, Jing Gao, Wenyang Li, Jiaqi Li, Shengyi Wu, Piao Xu, Cui Lai, Ziwei Wang

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 35· Issue 22

Abstract

Abstract Regulating metal‐support interactions enables rational design of catalysts with enhanced performance in Fenton‐like oxidation reactions. Here, a novel oxygen‐doped, stalactite‐like g‐C3N4 supported FeOCl (FeOCl‐OCN) is successfully synthesized. Due to the modulation of O doping to the work function (Φ) of g‐C3N4 support, a delicate built‐in electric field (BIEF) oriented from OCN to FeOCl is constructed. Driven by large work function difference (ΔΦ = 3.235 eV), the interfacial charge transfer manipulates electron redistribution to achieve a rearrangement of structural Fe(II)/Fe(III). Based on theoretical calculations and mechanism insight, the interaction between FeOCl and OCN exhibits a stronger binding ability to peroxymonosulfate (PMS) and reduces the energy barriers for *O formation, therefore favoring a higher yield of singlet oxygen (1O2) and high‐valent iron‐oxo (Fe(IV)═O)− species. As a result, the FeOCl‐OCN/PMS system demonstrates a nonradical‐dominated pathway, delivering high activity (k obs = 0.250 min−1), robust tolerance to pH variation and resistance, and excellent stability.
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced oxidation water treatment · Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques · Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis

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Affiliations

College of Environmental Science and Engineering Hunan University Changsha 410082 P.R. China

Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control Ministry of Education Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China

Department of Applied Physics The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Kowloon 999077 China

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities · Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University · National Program for Support of Top-notch Young Professionals · National Natural Science Foundation of China

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