journal article·2017-08Open access

Photocatalysis: Light‐Switchable Oxygen Vacancies in Ultrafine Bi5O7Br Nanotubes for Boosting Solar‐Driven Nitrogen Fixation in Pure Water (Adv. Mater. 31/2017)

Shengyao Wang, Xiao Hai, Xing Ding, Kun Chang, Yonggang Xiang, Xianguang Meng, Zixin Yang, Hao Chen, Jinhua Ye

Advanced Materials· Volume 29· Issue 31

Abstract

Hao Chen, Jinhua Ye and co-workers develop a self-assembled 5-nm-diameter Bi5O7Br nanotubes for N2 fixation in water. They reveal in article number 1701774 that, under visible light irradiation, partial O atoms will escape in the form of O2 from the surface of ultrafine Bi5O7Br nanotubes, creating light-switchable OVs-rich ultrafine Bi5O7Br nanotubes, which are responsible for the excellent photocatalytic N2 fixation activities.
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Affiliations

College of Science Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan 430070 P. R. China

International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI‐MANA) National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) 1‐1 Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki 305‐0044 Japan

Key Laboratory of Environment Correlative Dietology Ministry of Education Wuhan 430070 P. R. China

Graduate School of Chemical Science and Engineering Hokkaido University Sapporo 060‐0814 Japan

Photo‐Functional Materials Research Platform College of Materials Science and Engineering North China University of Science and Technology Tangshan 063210 P. R. China

TU‐NIMS International Collaboration Laboratory School of Material Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300072 P. R. China

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