Crystal Facet Engineering on SrTiO3 Enhances Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting

Single-crystal semiconductor-based photocatalysts exposing unique crystallographic facets show promising applications in energy and environmental technologies; however, crystal facet engineering through solid-state synthesis for photocatalytic overall water splitting is still challenging. Herein, we develop a novel crystal facet engineering strategy through solid-state recrystallization to synthesize uniform SrTiO3 single crystals exposing tailored {111} facets. The presynthesized low-crystalline SrTiO3 precursors enable the formation of well-defined single crystals through kinetically improved crystal structure transformation during solid-state recrystallization process. By employing subtle Al3+ ions as surface morphology modulators, the crystal surface orientation can be precisely tuned to a controlled percentage of {111} facets. The photocatalytic overall water splitting activity increases with the exposure percentage of {111} facets. Owing to the outstanding crystallinity and favorable anisotropic surface structure, the SrTiO3 single crystals with 36.6% of {111} facets lead to a 3-fold enhancement of photocatalytic hydrogen evolution rates up to 1.55 mmol·h-1 in a stoichiometric ratio of 2:1 than thermodynamically stable SrTiO3 enclosed with isotropic {100} facets.

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E-Artikel

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:146

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Journal of the American Chemical Society - 146(2024), 10 vom: 13. März, Seite 6618-6627

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Englisch

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Zhang, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Xuefeng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zhi-Hao [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yuanwei [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Shuang [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Chenghua [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Xiaoxiang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xie [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Su-Huai [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Peng Fei [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Sheng [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Hua Gui [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 13.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1021/jacs.3c12062

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NLM368394484