Liberating photocarriers in mesoporous single-crystalline SrTaO2N for efficient solar water splitting
Yang, Lin 1Fu, Qingyang 1Wang, Lina 1Yu, Jinxing 1Xu, Xiaoxiang1
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1. Tongji Univ
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Abstract
Porous single-crystalline SrTaO2N, combining structural homogeneity and high porosity, afford a great promise as an active photocatalyst. The lack of grain boundaries in SrTaO2N porous single crystals (PSCs) enables fast photocarrier migration from bulk to the surface whilst the high porosity offers adequate accessible surface to perform photocatalytic reactions. In this work, we demonstrate a facile synthesis of SrTaO2N PSCs via a top-otactic conversion route. These SrTaO2N PSCs deliver exceptional activity and stability for photocatalytic O-2 production from water with a record-breaking apparent quantum efficiency as high as 17.9% at 420 +/- 20 nm. Overall water splitting with H-2/O-2 equals 2 has also been attained in a Z-scheme system employing SrTaO2N PSCs as the O-2-evolution moiety. These results signify a paradigm to improve photocatalytic performance based on PSCs, which extends the toolbox to achieve efficient solar water splitting over conventional photocatalysts.
Key words
Topotactic conversion/Porous single crystal/SrTaO2N/Photocatalyst/Solar water splitting/VISIBLE-LIGHT/PEROVSKITE OXYNITRIDES/Z-SCHEME/PHOTOCATALYST/SR/BA/CA/H-2/PERFORMANCE/ATAO(2)N
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Elsevier