Graphitic carbon nitride/antimonene van der Waals heterostructure with enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction activity

被引:83
作者
Zhang, Jinfeng [1 ]
Fu, Junwei [1 ,2 ]
Dai, Kai [1 ]
机构
[1] Huaibei Normal Univ, Key Lab Green & Precise Synthet Chem & Applicat, Minist Educ, Huaibei 235000, Peoples R China
[2] Cent South Univ, Sch Phys & Elect, Changsha 410083, Peoples R China
来源
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | 2022年 / 116卷
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Photocatalysis; Carbon nitride; Antimonene; Van der Waals heterostructure; CO2; activation; SINGLE NI SITES; SELECTIVE PHOTOREDUCTION; CATALYTIC-REDUCTION; G-C3N4; NANOSHEETS; TIO2; HETEROJUNCTION; NITRIDE; CONVERSION; HYDROGEN; WATER;
D O I
10.1016/j.jmst.2021.10.045
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 into valuable fuels is one of the potential strategies to solve the carbon cycle and energy crisis. Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4), as a typical two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor with a bandgap of similar to 2.7 eV, has attracted wide attention in photocatalytic CO2 reduction. However, the performance of g-C3N4 is greatly limited by the rapid recombination of photogenerated charge carriers and weak CO2 activation capacity. Construction of van der Waals heterostructure with the maximum interface contact area can improve the transfer/seperation efficiency of interface charge carriers. Ultrathin metal antimony (Sb) nanosheet (antimonene) with high carrier mobility and 2D layered structure, is a good candidate material to construct 2D/2D Sb/g-C3N4 van der Waals heterostructure. In this work, the density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicated that antimonene has higher carrier mobility than g-C3N4 nanosheets. Obvious charge transfer and in-plane structure distortion will occur at the interface of Sb/g-C3N4, which endow stronger CO2 activation ability on di-coordinated N active site. The ultrathin g-C3N4 and antimonene nanosheets were prepared by ultrasonic exfoliation method, and Sb/g-C3N4 van der Waals heterostructures were constructed by self-assembly process. The photoluminescence (PL) and time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) indicated that the Sb/g-C3N4 van der Waals heterostructures have a better photogenerated charge separation efficiency than pure g-C3N4 nanosheets. In-situ FTIR spectroscopy demonstrated a stronger ability of CO2 activation to *COOH on Sb/g-C3N4 van der Waals heterostructure. As a result, the Sb/g-C3N4 van der Waals heterostructures showed a higher CO yield with 2.03 umol g(-1) h(-1), which is 3.2 times that of pure g-C3N4. This work provides a reference for activating CO2 and promoting CO2 reduction by van der Waals heterostructure. (C) 2022 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The editorial office of Journal of Materials Science & Technology.
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