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Z-scheme photocatalyst based on porphyrin derivative decorated few-layer BiVO4 nanosheets for efficient visible-light-driven overall water splitting

Jinming Wang1,3, Lulu Guo1,3, Lei Xu1,3, Peng Zeng2,3( ), Renjie Li1( ), Tianyou Peng1,3( )
College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Engineering Research Center of Organosilicon Compounds & Materials, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
School of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing 526061, China
Research Institute of Wuhan University in Shenzhen, Wuhan University, Shenzhen 518057, China
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Abstract

It is highly desirable to simulate natural photosynthesis by using sunlight to drive the overall water splitting without using external bias and sacrificial agent. Herein, few-layer monoclinic BiVO4 nanosheets (BVNS) with a thickness of ~4.3 nm, exposed (010) facets and abundant oxygen vacancies are fabricated using graphene oxide dots as templating reagent. After decorating with asymmetric chromium porphyrin derivative bearing one benzoic acid and three phenyls as meso-position substituents (chromium-5-(4-carboxyphenyl)-10,15,20-triphenylporphrin, CrmTPP) and PtOx cocatalyst, the obtained two-dimensional (2D) hybrid nanocomposite (BVNS/CrmTPP/Pt) with an optimal component ratio delivers a robust overall water splitting performance with a relatively high apparent quantum yield (8.67%) at 400 nm monochromatic light. The ultrathin structure and widely distributed oxygen vacancies on the exposed (010) facets of BVNS not only endow strong and intimate contact with the decorated CrmTPP molecules to promote a two-step excitation Z-scheme charge transfer mechanism for preserving the high redox ability of the photogenerated charge carriers, but also alleviate their recombination, and thus causing the robust overall water splitting performance of the 2D hybrid nanocomposites. The present results provide a novel strategy to construct highly efficient artificial photosynthetic system for overall water splitting.

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Z-scheme photocatalystultrathin BiVO4 nanosheetporphyrin derivativeoverall water splittingartificial photosynthesis

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Nano Research
Volume 14 Issue 5,
May 2021
Pages 1294-1304
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-020-3145-6
Cite this article:
Wang J, Guo L, Xu L, et al. Z-scheme photocatalyst based on porphyrin derivative decorated few-layer BiVO4 nanosheets for efficient visible-light-driven overall water splitting. Nano Research, 2021, 14(5): 1294-1304. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-3145-6
Topics:
Charge transferChromium compoundsGrapheneLightNanocompositesNanosheetsPhotocatalystsPlatinum compounds

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Received: 24 August 2020
Revised: 23 September 2020
Accepted: 24 September 2020
Published: 29 December 2020
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