Reducing nitrogen to ammonia with solar energy has become a wide concern when it comes to photocatalysis research.It is considered to be one of the more promising alternate options for the conventional Haber-Bosch cyc...Reducing nitrogen to ammonia with solar energy has become a wide concern when it comes to photocatalysis research.It is considered to be one of the more promising alternate options for the conventional Haber-Bosch cycle.Herein,2D g-C_(3)N_(4)composites with modifying ultrathin sheet MnO_(2-x)were prepared and used as nitrogen fixation photocatalyst.With the assistance of the nature of MnO_(2-x),the generation rate of NH_(3)reached 225 mmol g^(-1)h^(-1),which is more than twice over the rate of pristine 2D g-C_(3)N_(4)(107 mmol g^(-1)h^(-1)).The presence of ultrathin sheet MnO_(2-x)shortens the gap of the carriers to the surface of photocatalyst.Thus the speed of electron transfer gets increased.Besides,the construction of Z-scheme heterojunction boosts the separation and migration of photogenerated carriers.As a result,the nitrogen reduction reaction(NRR)performance gets enhanced.The work may provide an example of promoting the NRR performance of non-metallic compound.展开更多
Energy crises and environmental pollution have become urgent problems with human civilization development.Photocatalysis technology is a green method to deal with these challenges.The key to improve photocatalytic eff...Energy crises and environmental pollution have become urgent problems with human civilization development.Photocatalysis technology is a green method to deal with these challenges.The key to improve photocatalytic efficiency lies in the effective separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs.In this work,we designed the Fe atom embedded N-doped graphene oxide(Fe-NGO)supporting on tantalum nitride(Ta_(3)N_(5))catalyst,which was employed to improve the photocatalytic oxygen production activity.The oxygen production of 5 wt%Fe atom embedded N-doped graphene oxide supporting on tantalum nitride(Fe-NGO/Ta_(3)N_(5))was 184.7μmol·g^(-1),about 3.5 times higher than that of the pure Ta_(3)N_(5).The introduction of the cocatalyst Fe-NGO acting as an electron conductor in the Fe-NGO/Ta_(3)N_(5) accelerates the carrier migration of Ta_(3)N_(5) and further enhances the photocatalytic oxygen production activity.N-doping increases the conductivity of graphene oxide(GO),and Fe atoms are used as the reactive sites to promote the combination of electron and sacrificial agent in the system.This work may provide insights into the research of new carbon.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51602179,21333006,21573135,11374190)the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program,2013CB632401)~~
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(21776118,21808090)Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20190981)+3 种基金Jiangsu Fund for Distinguished Young Scientists(BK20190045)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2019M661765)High-tech Research Key laboratory of Zhenjiang(SS2018002)A Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions,the high-performance computing platform of Jiangsu University。
文摘Reducing nitrogen to ammonia with solar energy has become a wide concern when it comes to photocatalysis research.It is considered to be one of the more promising alternate options for the conventional Haber-Bosch cycle.Herein,2D g-C_(3)N_(4)composites with modifying ultrathin sheet MnO_(2-x)were prepared and used as nitrogen fixation photocatalyst.With the assistance of the nature of MnO_(2-x),the generation rate of NH_(3)reached 225 mmol g^(-1)h^(-1),which is more than twice over the rate of pristine 2D g-C_(3)N_(4)(107 mmol g^(-1)h^(-1)).The presence of ultrathin sheet MnO_(2-x)shortens the gap of the carriers to the surface of photocatalyst.Thus the speed of electron transfer gets increased.Besides,the construction of Z-scheme heterojunction boosts the separation and migration of photogenerated carriers.As a result,the nitrogen reduction reaction(NRR)performance gets enhanced.The work may provide an example of promoting the NRR performance of non-metallic compound.
基金support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.22106053,22008095)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Nos.2021M691305,2020TQ0127)the Jiangsu Province Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Nos.2021K079A,2021K396C,2021K382C).
文摘Energy crises and environmental pollution have become urgent problems with human civilization development.Photocatalysis technology is a green method to deal with these challenges.The key to improve photocatalytic efficiency lies in the effective separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs.In this work,we designed the Fe atom embedded N-doped graphene oxide(Fe-NGO)supporting on tantalum nitride(Ta_(3)N_(5))catalyst,which was employed to improve the photocatalytic oxygen production activity.The oxygen production of 5 wt%Fe atom embedded N-doped graphene oxide supporting on tantalum nitride(Fe-NGO/Ta_(3)N_(5))was 184.7μmol·g^(-1),about 3.5 times higher than that of the pure Ta_(3)N_(5).The introduction of the cocatalyst Fe-NGO acting as an electron conductor in the Fe-NGO/Ta_(3)N_(5) accelerates the carrier migration of Ta_(3)N_(5) and further enhances the photocatalytic oxygen production activity.N-doping increases the conductivity of graphene oxide(GO),and Fe atoms are used as the reactive sites to promote the combination of electron and sacrificial agent in the system.This work may provide insights into the research of new carbon.
