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Gradient tungsten-doped Bi3TiNbO9 ferroelectric photocatalysts with additional built-in electric field for efficient overall water splitting

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  • Jie Huang

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Yuyang Kang

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jianan Liu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Tingting Yao

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jianhang Qiu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Peipei Du

    (Nanjing University)

  • Biaohong Huang

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Weijin Hu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Yan Liang

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Tengfeng Xie

    (Jilin University)

  • Chunlin Chen

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Li-Chang Yin

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Lianzhou Wang

    (The University of Queensland)

  • Hui-Ming Cheng

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Gang Liu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Science and Technology of China)

Abstract

Bi3TiNbO9, a layered ferroelectric photocatalyst, exhibits great potential for overall water splitting through efficient intralayer separation of photogenerated carriers motivated by a depolarization field along the in-plane a-axis. However, the poor interlayer transport of carriers along the out-of-plane c-axis, caused by the significant potential barrier between layers, leads to a high probability of carrier recombination and consequently results in low photocatalytic activity. Here, we have developed an efficient photocatalyst consisting of Bi3TiNbO9 nanosheets with a gradient tungsten (W) doping along the c-axis. This results in the generation of an additional electric field along the c-axis and simultaneously enhances the magnitude of depolarization field within the layers along the a-axis due to strengthened structural distortion. The combination of the built-in field along the c-axis and polarization along the a-axis can effectively facilitate the anisotropic migration of photogenerated electrons and holes to the basal {001} surface and lateral {110} surface of the nanosheets, respectively, enabling desirable spatial separation of carriers. Hence, the W-doped Bi3TiNbO9 ferroelectric photocatalyst with Rh/Cr2O3 cocatalyst achieves an efficient and durable overall water splitting feature, thereby providing an effective pathway for designing excellent layered ferroelectric photocatalysts.

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  • Jie Huang & Yuyang Kang & Jianan Liu & Tingting Yao & Jianhang Qiu & Peipei Du & Biaohong Huang & Weijin Hu & Yan Liang & Tengfeng Xie & Chunlin Chen & Li-Chang Yin & Lianzhou Wang & Hui-Ming Cheng & , 2023. "Gradient tungsten-doped Bi3TiNbO9 ferroelectric photocatalysts with additional built-in electric field for efficient overall water splitting," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-43837-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43837-4
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