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Hojamberdiev M, Vargas R, Madriz L, Kadirova ZC, Yubuta K, Zhang F, Teshima K, Lerch M. Untangling the Effect of Carbonaceous Materials on the Photoelectrochemical Performance of BaTaO 2N. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:7022-7033. [PMID: 38371832 PMCID: PMC10870353 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c08894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
Abstract
The water oxidation reaction is a rate-determining step in solar water splitting. The number of surviving photoexcited holes is one of the most influencing factors affecting the photoelectrochemical water oxidation efficiency of photocatalysts. The solar-to-hydrogen energy conversion efficiency of BaTaO2N is still far below the benchmark efficiency set for practical applications, notwithstanding its potential as a 600 nm-class photocatalyst in solar water splitting. To improve its efficiency in photoelectrochemical water splitting, this study offers a straightforward route to develop photocatalytic materials based on the combination of BaTaO2N and carbonaceous materials with different dimensions. The impact of diverse carbonaceous materials, such as fullerene, g-C3N4, graphene, carbon nanohorns, and carbon nanotubes, on the photoelectrochemical behavior of BaTaO2N has been examined. Notably, the use of graphene and g-C3N4 remarkably improves the photoelectrochemical performance of the composite photocatalysts through a higher photocurrent and acting as electron reservoirs. Consequently, a marked reduction in recombination rates, even at low overpotentials, leads to a higher accumulation of photoexcited holes, resulting in 2.6- and 1.7-fold increased BaTaO2N photocurrent densities using graphene and g-C3N4, respectively. The observed trends in the dark for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) potential align with the increase in the photocurrent density, revealing a good correlation between opposite phenomena. Importantly, the enhancement observed implies an underlying accumulation phenomenon. The verification of this concept lies in the evidence provided by oxygen reduction and is in line with photoredox flux matching during photocatalysis. This research underscores the intricate interplay between carbonaceous materials and oxynitride photocatalysts, offering a strategic approach to enhancing various photocatalytic capabilities.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mirabbos Hojamberdiev
- Institut
für Chemie, Technische Universität
Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Instituto
Tecnológico de Chascomús (INTECH), Consejo Nacional
de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Avenida Intendente Marino, Km 8,2, B7130IWA Chascomús, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Escuela
de Bio y Nanotecnologías, Universidad
Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Avenida Intendente Marino, Km 8,2, B7130IWA Chascomús, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto
Tecnológico de Chascomús (INTECH), Consejo Nacional
de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Avenida Intendente Marino, Km 8,2, B7130IWA Chascomús, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Escuela
de Bio y Nanotecnologías, Universidad
Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Avenida Intendente Marino, Km 8,2, B7130IWA Chascomús, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Uzbekistan–Japan
Innovation Center of Youth, University Street 2B, 100095 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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- Department
of Applied Quantum Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- State
Key
Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy,
iChEM, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- Department
of Materials Chemistry, Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano 380-8553, Japan
- Research
Initiative for Supra-Materials, Shinshu
University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano 380-8553, Japan
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- Institut
für Chemie, Technische Universität
Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Hojamberdiev M, Vargas R, Zhang F, Teshima K, Lerch M. Perovskite BaTaO 2 N: From Materials Synthesis to Solar Water Splitting. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2305179. [PMID: 37852947 PMCID: PMC10667847 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202305179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 09/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
Abstract
Barium tantalum oxynitride (BaTaO2 N), as a member of an emerging class of perovskite oxynitrides, is regarded as a promising inorganic material for solar water splitting because of its small band gap, visible light absorption, and suitable band edge potentials for overall water splitting in the absence of an external bias. However, BaTaO2 N still exhibits poor water-splitting performance that is susceptible to its synthetic history, surface states, recombination process, and instability. This review provides a comprehensive summary of previous progress, current advances, existing challenges, and future perspectives of BaTaO2 N for solar water splitting. A particular emphasis is given to highlighting the principles of photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting, classic and emerging photocatalysts for oxygen evolution reactions, and the crystal and electronic structures, dielectric, ferroelectric, and piezoelectric properties, synthesis routes, and thin-film fabrication of BaTaO2 N. Various strategies to achieve enhanced water-splitting performance of BaTaO2 N, such as reducing the surface and bulk defect density, engineering the crystal facets, tailoring the particle morphology, size, and porosity, cation doping, creating the solid solutions, forming the heterostructures and heterojunctions, designing the photoelectrochemical cells, and loading suitable cocatalysts are discussed. Also, the avenues for further investigation and the prospects of using BaTaO2 N in solar water splitting are presented.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mirabbos Hojamberdiev
- Institut für ChemieTechnische Universität BerlinStraße des 17. Juni 13510623BerlinGermany
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- Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús (INTECH) – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM)Avenida Intendente Marino, Km 8,2, (B7130IWA)ChascomúsProvincia de Buenos AiresArgentina
- Escuela de Bio y NanotecnologíasUniversidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM)Avenida Intendente Marino, Km 8,2, (B7130IWA)ChascomúsProvincia de Buenos AiresArgentina
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- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisiChEMDalian Institute of Chemical PhysicsChinese Academy of SciencesDalian National Laboratory for Clean EnergyDalian116023P.R. China
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- Department of Materials ChemistryShinshu University4‐17‐1 WakasatoNagano3808553Japan
- Research Initiative for Supra‐MaterialsShinshu University4‐17‐1 WakasatoNagano3808553Japan
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- Institut für ChemieTechnische Universität BerlinStraße des 17. Juni 13510623BerlinGermany
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Kowalczyk A, Zgardzińska B, Osipiuk K, Jędruchniewicz K, Tyszczuk-Rotko K, Goździuk M, Wang H, Czech B. The Visible-Light-Driven Activity of Biochar-Doped TiO 2 Photocatalysts in β-Blockers Removal from Water. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:1094. [PMID: 36770101 PMCID: PMC9919264 DOI: 10.3390/ma16031094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Water is the most important life-giving resource on earth. Nowadays, intensive growth of the world population has resulted in increased water consumption and the production of wastewater. Additionally, the presence of pharmaceuticals in treated conventional wastewater or even in the environment is strictly indicating that present techniques of wastewater treatment are not efficient enough and are not designed to remove such pollutants. Scarce water resources in the world are the main driving force for the innovation of novel techniques of water and wastewater treatment. Photocatalysis, as one of the advanced oxidation processes, enables the transformation of recalcitrant and toxic pollutants into CO2, water, and inorganic salts. In the present paper, the photocatalytic oxidation of β-blockers-metoprolol and propranolol-are described. For photocatalytic oxidation, novel TiO2 photocatalysts modified with biochar were used. Photocatalysts were prepared by sol-gel method and the effect of photocatalysts type, presence of inorganic ions, dissolved organic matter, and different water matrix was established. The results indicate that using only the decrease in the tested pollutant concentration is not effective enough in establishing the treatment method's safety. There is a need to use additional testing such as ecotoxicity tests; however, the key parameter is the properly chosen tested organism.
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- Agata Kowalczyk
- Institute of Physics, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Technology for Complex Trans-Media Pollution, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Department of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
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Dong B, Cui J, Qi Y, Zhang F. Nanostructure Engineering and Modulation of (Oxy)Nitrides for Application in Visible-Light-Driven Water Splitting. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2004697. [PMID: 34085732 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202004697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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(Oxy)nitride-based nanophotocatalysts have been extensively investigated for solar-to-chemical conversion, and not only allow wide spectral utilization to achieve high theoretical energy conversion efficiency but also exhibit suitable conduction and valence band positions for robust reduction and oxidation of water. During the past decades, a few reviews on the research progress in designing and synthesizing new visible-light-responsive semiconductors for various applications in solar-to-chemical conversion have been published. However, those on the effects of their bulk and composite (surface/interface) nanostructures on basic processes as well as solar water splitting performances to produce hydrogen are still limited. In this review, a brief introduction on the relationship between the nanostructure photocatalytic properties is included. Three main processes of solar water splitting are involved, allowing the elucidation of the correlation with the nanostructural properties of the photocatalyst such as surface/interface, size, morphology, and bulk structure. Subsequently, the development of methodologies and strategies for modulating the bulk and composite structures to improve the efficiencies of the basic processes, particularly charge separation, is summarized in detail. Finally, the prospects of (oxy)nitride-based photocatalysts such as controlled synthesis, modulation of 1D/2D morphology, exposed facet regulation, heterostructure formation, theoretical simulation, and time- and space-resolved spectroscopy are discussed.
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- Beibei Dong
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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Recent Developments in the Use of Heterogeneous Semiconductor Photocatalyst Based Materials for a Visible-Light-Induced Water-Splitting System—A Brief Review. Catalysts 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/catal11020160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Visible-light-driven photoelectrochemical (PEC) and photocatalytic water splitting systems featuring heterogeneous semiconductor photocatalysts (oxynitrides, oxysulfides, organophotocatalysts) signify an environmentally friendly and promising approach for the manufacturing of renewable hydrogen fuel. Semiconducting electrode materials as the main constituents in the PEC water splitting system have substantial effects on the device’s solar-to-hydrogen (STH) conversion efficiency. Given the complication of the photocatalysis and photoelectrolysis methods, it is indispensable to include the different electrocatalytic materials for advancing visible-light-driven water splitting, considered a difficult challenge. Heterogeneous semiconductor-based materials with narrower bandgaps (2.5 to 1.9 eV), equivalent to the theoretical STH efficiencies ranging from 9.3% to 20.9%, are recognized as new types of photoabsorbents to engage as photoelectrodes for PEC water oxidation and have fascinated much consideration. Herein, we spotlight mainly on heterogenous semiconductor-based photoanode materials for PEC water splitting. Different heterogeneous photocatalysts based materials are emphasized in different groups, such as oxynitrides, oxysulfides, and organic solids. Lastly, the design approach and future developments regarding heterogeneous photocatalysts oxide electrodes for PEC applications and photocatalytic applications are also discussed.
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