Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2021, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (6): 1013-1023.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(20)63708-1

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Chloridion-induced dual tunable fabrication of oxygen-deficient Bi2WO6 atomic layers for deep oxidation of NO

Xianglong Yang, Shengyao Wang, Ting Chen, Nan Yang, Kai Jiang, Pei Wang, Shu Li, Xing Ding#(), Hao Chen*()   

  1. College of Science, Key Laboratory of Environment Correlative Dietology of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China
  • Received:2020-07-02 Accepted:2020-08-21 Online:2021-06-18 Published:2021-01-30
  • Contact: Xing Ding,Hao Chen
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    These authors contributed equally to this work.

  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(51872107);National Natural Science Foundation of China(21607047);National Natural Science Foundation of China(21902055);Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province(2016CFB193);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2662020LXP001);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2662016PY088);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2662018QD041);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2015PY120);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2015PY047)

Abstract:

Engineering an efficient interface is a trustworthy strategy for designing advanced photocatalytic systems for solar energy conversion. Herein, oxygen-deficient Bi2WO6 atomic layers without organic residues were successfully fabricated via a facile solvothermal strategy by the multifunctional regulatory mechanism of introduced chloridion. Both DFT calculations and speciation determination revealed that chloridion displayed a more pronounced effect in the controllable synthesis of oxygen-deficient Bi2WO6 atomic layers without organic residues: ultrathinning and defect-engineering. This built-in multi-cooperative interface endowed Bi2WO6 with intriguing photoelectrochemical properties, O2 activation ability, and ultrahigh activity in visible-light powered deep oxidation of NO. A reasonable photocatalytic mechanism was proposed based on in situ infrared spectroscopy analysis and theoretical calculations. We believe that this multi-cooperative interface engineering of oxygen-deficient Bi2WO6 atomic layers without organic residues could provide new insights into the design of two-dimensional (2D) layered materials with efficient active sites and pave the way for efficient NO photooxidation systems.

Key words: Oxygen vacancy, Bi2WO6 atomic layers, Chloridion, Photocatalysis, NO oxidation