Polyhedral 30-Faceted BiVO4 Microcrystals Predominantly Enclosed by High-Index Planes Promoting Photocatalytic Water-Splitting Activity
© 2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
| Veröffentlicht in: | Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). - 1998. - 30(2018), 1 vom: 25. Jan. |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2018
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article BiVO4 crystal facets photocatalytic water splitting |
| Zusammenfassung: | © 2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. Unprecedented 30-faceted BiVO4 polyhedra predominantly surrounded by {132}, {321}, and {121} high-index facets are fabricated through the engineering of high-index surfaces by a trace amount of Au nanoparticles. The growth of high-index facets results in a 3-5 fold enhancement of O2 evolution from photocatalytic water splitting by the BiVO4 polyhedron, relative to its low-index counterparts. Theory calculations reveal that water dissociation is more energetically favorable on the high-index surfaces than on the low-index (010), (110), and (101) surfaces, which is accompanied by a notable reduction in the overpotential (0.77-1.14 V) for the oxygen evolution reaction. The apparent quantum efficiency of O2 generation without an external electron supply reaches 18.3% under 430 nm light irradiation, which is an order of magnitude higher than that of the catalysts reported hitherto |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 01.08.2018 Date Revised 30.09.2020 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1521-4095 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/adma.201703119 |