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Liu J, Zou Y, Cruz D, Savateev A, Antonietti M, Vilé G. Ligand-Metal Charge Transfer Induced via Adjustment of Textural Properties Controls the Performance of Single-Atom Catalysts during Photocatalytic Degradation. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:25858-25867. [PMID: 34028257 PMCID: PMC8289176 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c02243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
Because of their peculiar nitrogen-rich structure, carbon nitrides are convenient polydentate ligands for designing single atom-dispersed photocatalysts. However, the relation between catalysts' textural properties and their photophysical-photocatalytic properties is rarely elaborated. Herein, we report the preparation and characterization of a series of single-atom heterogeneous catalysts featuring highly dispersed Ag and Cu species on mesoporous graphitic C3N4. We show that adjustment of materials textural properties and therefore metal single-atom coordination mode enables ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) or ligand-to-metal-to-ligand charge transfer (LMLCT), properties that were long speculated in single-atom catalysis but never observed. We employ the developed materials in the degradation of organic pollutants under irradiation with visible light. Kinetic investigations under flow conditions show that single atoms of Ag and Cu decrease the number of toxic organic fragmentation products while leading to a higher selectivity toward full degradation. The results correlate with the selected mode of charge transfer in the designed photocatalysts and provide a new understanding of how the local environment of a single-atom catalyst affects the surface structure and reactivity. The concepts can be exploited further to rationally design and optimize other single-atom materials.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jiaxu Liu
- Department
of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milan 20133, Italy
- State
Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Department of Catalytic Chemistry
and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Ganjingzi District, Linggong Road
2, Dalian 116024, China
| | - Yajun Zou
- Department
of Colloid Chemistry, Max Planck Institute
of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam-Golm Science Park, Am Mühlenberg
1 OT Golm, Potsdam 14476, Germany
| | - Daniel Cruz
- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut
der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, Berlin 14195, Germany
- Department
of Heterogeneous Reactions, Max Planck Institute
for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr 45470, Germany
| | - Aleksandr Savateev
- Department
of Colloid Chemistry, Max Planck Institute
of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam-Golm Science Park, Am Mühlenberg
1 OT Golm, Potsdam 14476, Germany
| | - Markus Antonietti
- Department
of Colloid Chemistry, Max Planck Institute
of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam-Golm Science Park, Am Mühlenberg
1 OT Golm, Potsdam 14476, Germany
| | - Gianvito Vilé
- Department
of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milan 20133, Italy
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