In-situ pressure-induced BiVO4/Bi0.6Y0.4VO4 S-scheme heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic overall water splitting activity

doi:10.1016/S1872-2067(21)63846-9

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Step-scheme (S-scheme) heterojunctions in photocatalysts can provide novel and practical insight on promoting photogenerated carrier separation. The latter is critical in controlling the overall efficiency in one-step photoexcitation systems. In this study, a nanosized Bi_0.6Y_0.4VO₄ solid solution was prepared by a coprecipitation method following with hydrothermal or calcination processes. The S-scheme heterojunction was fabricated by in-situ pressure-induced transformations of bismuth vanadate from the tetragonal zircon phase to the monoclinic scheelite phase, which led to the formation of BiVO₄ nanoparticles with a diameter of approximately 5 nm on the surface of Bi_0.6Y_0.4VO₄. Bi_0.6Y_0.4VO₄with S-scheme heterojunctions showed significantly enhanced photocatalytic overall water splitting activity compared with using bare Bi_0.6Y_0.4VO₄. Characterization of the carrier dynamics demonstrated that a superior carrier separation through S-type heterojunctions might have caused the enhanced overall water splitting (OWS) activity. Surface photovoltage spectra and the results of selective photodeposition experiments indicated that the photogenerated holes mainly migrated to the BiVO₄ nanoparticles in the heterojunction. This confirmed that the charge transfer route corresponds to an S-scheme rather than a type-II heterojunction mechanism under light illumination. This study presents a facile and efficient strategy to construct S-scheme heterojunctions through a pressure-induced phase transition. The results demonstrated that S-scheme junctions composed of different crystalline phases can boost the carrier separation capacity and eventually improve the photocatalytic OWS activity.

Key words: Photocatalysis, S-scheme heterojunction, Pressure-induced phase transition, Overall water splitting, Nanosized particles

Weiqi Guo, Haolin Luo, Zhi Jiang, Wenfeng Shangguan. In-situ pressure-induced BiVO₄/Bi_0.6Y_0.4VO₄ S-scheme heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic overall water splitting activity[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2022, 43(2): 316-328.

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Scheme 1. Schematic of the synthesis procedure to obtain the BiVO4/Bi0.6Y0.4VO4 composites.

Fig. 1. XRD patterns (a-c) and Raman spectra (d-f) of the as-prepared samples.

Fig. 2. TEM images for the BYV-H (a-c) and BYV-H HP (d-f) samples.

HRTEM images for the BYV-H (a) and BYV-H HP (b) samples.

Fig. 4. BF (a), DF2 (b), DF4 (c), HAADF (d) images. (e) Local enlargement of BF images; (f) HAADF overlap within mixed elements mapping (Bi,Y,V); (g) Signal fluctuations of HADDF coupling with elements (Bi,Y,V) distribution along the yellow line; (h-k) Elemental mapping (Bi,Y,V,O) results for BYV-H HP.

Fig. 5. XPS results (a), O 1s and V 2p (b), Bi 4f and Y 3d (c) for BYV-H, BYV-H HP, and ms-BiVO4; (d) Valence band spectra for the BYV-H and BYV-H HP samples.

Scheme 2. Schematic of relative band energy positions and the proposed photocatalytic overall water splitting mechanism for BYV-H and BYV-H HP under light irradiation.

Fig. 6. UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectra (UV-Vis DRS) of BYV-H and BYV-H HP (a), BYV-C and BYV-C HP (c); Taups plots of BYV-H and BYV-H HP (b), BYV-C and BYV-C HP (d).

Fig. 7. (a) Photocatalytic OWS activity for BYV-H, BYV-H HP, BYV-C, and BYV-C HP in pure water without any sacrificial reagent under 300 W Xe lamp irradiation; (b) Cyclic stability test for the BYV-H HP sample; (c) Photocatalytic OWS activity for BYV-H HP (hourly measurements).

Fig. 8. (a) Transient photocurrent (i-t) curves at the bias of 0.6 V (V vs. Ag/AgCl); (b) Electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS) at the open-circuit potential (OCP) under dark and light conditions; (c) Transient open-circuit voltage decay (OCVD) profiles; (d) Lifetimes of photogenerated charge carriers obtained from OCVD, and Mott-Schottky (M-S) plots of (e) BYV-H and (f) BYV-H HP photoanode.

Fig. 9. Photogenerated carrier dynamics. (a) Time-resolved photoluminescence spectra (TRPL); (b) Photoluminescence spectra (PL); (c) Surface photovoltage spectrum (SPS) for BYV-H, BYV-H HP, and ms-BiVO4.

Fig. 10. (a) TEM; (b) HRTEM; (c) Signal fluctuations of HADDF coupling with Au element distribution along the yellow line in the TEM image for BYV-H HP loaded with 0.05% Au.

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