Efficient Visible‐Light‐Driven Z‐Scheme Overall Water Splitting Using a MgTa2O6−xNy /TaON Heterostructure Photocatalyst for H2 Evolution |
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| Authors: | Shanshan Chen Yu Qi Dr Takashi Hisatomi Qian Ding Tomohiro Asai Zheng Li Dr Su Su Khine Ma Prof Fuxiang Zhang Prof Kazunari Domen Prof Can Li |
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| Institution: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Catalysis,?iChEM, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian, 116023 (China);2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049 (China);3. Department of Chemical System Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7‐3‐1 Hongo, Bunkyo‐ku, Tokyo 113‐8656 (Japan) |
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| Abstract: | An (oxy)nitride‐based heterostructure for powdered Z‐scheme overall water splitting is presented. Compared with the single MgTa2O6?xNy or TaON photocatalyst, a MgTa2O6?xNy /TaON heterostructure fabricated by a simple one‐pot nitridation route was demonstrated to effectively suppress the recombination of carriers by efficient spatial charge separation and decreased defect density. By employing Pt‐loaded MgTa2O6?xNy /TaON as a H2‐evolving photocatalyst, a Z‐scheme overall water splitting system with an apparent quantum efficiency (AQE) of 6.8 % at 420 nm was constructed (PtOx‐WO3 and IO3?/I? pairs were used as an O2‐evolving photocatalyst and a redox mediator, respectively), the activity of which is circa 7 or 360 times of that using Pt‐TaON or Pt‐MgTa2O6?xNy as a H2‐evolving photocatalyst, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest AQE among the powdered Z‐scheme overall water splitting systems ever reported. |
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| Keywords: | heterostructures hydrogen overall water splitting oxynitrides photocatalysis |
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