Single-atom V-N charge-transfer bridge on ultrathin carbon nitride for efficient photocatalytic H2 production and formaldehyde oxidation under visible light

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作者
Wang, Kai [1 ,2 ]
Jiang, Lisha [2 ]
Xin, Tianjiao [4 ]
Li, Yuan [2 ]
Wu, Xiaoyong [2 ]
Zhang, Gaoke [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Hubei Normal Univ, Coll Urban & Environm Sci, Inst Adv Mat, Hubei Key Lab Pollutant Anal & Reuse Technol, Huangshi 435002, Hubei, Peoples R China
[2] Wuhan Univ Technol, State Key Lab Silicate Mat Architectures, Hubei Key Lab Mineral Resources Proc & Environm, 122 Luoshi Rd, Wuhan 430070, Peoples R China
[3] Zhengzhou Univ, Henan Inst Adv Technol, Zhengzhou 450052, Peoples R China
[4] Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Microsyst & Informat Technol, State Key Lab Funct Mat Informat, Shanghai 200050, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Vanadium single atom; Carbon nitride; Photocatalysis; Hydrogen evolution; Formaldehyde oxidation; H-2; EVOLUTION; PHOSPHORUS; COCATALYST; STRATEGY; BENZENE; PHENOL;
D O I
10.1016/j.cej.2021.132229
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Solar-driven hydrogen evolution and formaldehyde oxidation are highly appealing, but insufficient active sites and restricted charge transfer channel resulted in limited photocatalytic efficiency for most reaction systems. Herein, we designed coordinating single-atomic-site V on ultrathin carbon nitride (namely, SAVCN) with V-N charge-transfer bridge as the reaction switch for photocatalytic H2 production and formaldehyde oxidation under visible light. The formation of V single-atoms was certified by spherical aberration-corrected HAADF-STEM, EXAFS, and DFT study. The electronic structure of the V-N bridge enables a stable photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity, which is nearly 3 times above that of pristine carbon nitride under 420 nm, and further elevates the green light driven H2 generation by over 11-fold. Remarkably, the SAVCN system exhibits comparably high photocatalytic activity for gaseous formaldehyde oxidation, which is superior to most reported carbon nitride-based photocatalysts. The photocatalytic mechanistic prediction confirms that the introduced unsaturated V-N coordination favorably reduces the activation energy barrier of the hydrogen evolution, and enhances the rate-determining step of intermediates for mineralization of gaseous formaldehyde.
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