Construction of a BiVO4/VS-MoS2 S-scheme heterojunction for efficient photocatalytic nitrogen fixation

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Photocatalytic nitrogen (N2) reduction to ammonia (NH3), adopting H2O as the electron source, suffers from low efficiency owing to the sluggish kinetics of N2 reduction and the requirement of a substantial thermodynamic driving force. Herein, we present a straightforward approach for the construction of an S-scheme heterojunction of BiVO4/VS-MoS2 to successfully achieve photocatalytic N2 fixation, which is manufactured by coupling an N2-activation component (VS-MoS2 nanosheet) and water-oxidation module (BiVO4 nanocrystal) through electrostatic self-assembly. The VS-MoS2 nanosheet, enriched with sulfur vacancies, plays a pivotal role in facilitating N2 adsorption and activation. Additionally, the construction of the S-scheme heterojunction enhances the driving force for water oxidation and improves charge separation. Under simulated sunlight irradiation (100 mW cm-2), BiVO4/VS-MoS2 exhibits efficient photocatalytic N2 reduction activity with H2O as the proton source, yielding NH3 at a rate of 132.8 μmol g-1 h-1, nearly 7 times higher than that of pure VS-MoS2. This study serves as a noteworthy example of efficient N2 reduction to NH3 under mild conditions.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

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Nanoscale advances - 6(2024), 6 vom: 12. März, Seite 1781-1789

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Englisch

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Luo, Han-Ying [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zhao-Lei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Meng-Ran [VerfasserIn]
Mu, Yan-Fei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Min [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 15.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

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10.1039/d3na01091k

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NLM369717333