Photocatalytic Water Oxidation by Surface Modification of BiVO4 with Heterometallic PolyphthalocyanineShow others and affiliations
Number of Authors: 72023 (English)In: ACS Catalysis, E-ISSN 2155-5435, Vol. 13, no 13, p. 8445-8454Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Developing efficient photocatalysts for water oxidation is among the central challenges of solar energy conversion. Here, we report semiconductor-molecular photocatalysts by integration of heteronuclear bimetallic polyphthalocyanine (PPc) catalysts with particulate bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) as the photosensitizer. Their photocatalytic activity for water oxidation was modulated by tuning the Fe/Co ratio of polyphthalocyanines. At an optimal Fe/Co ratio of 3:1, the resulting Fe3CoPPc-BiVO4 hybrid exhibits an excellent oxygen evolution rate of 4557 μmol g-1 h-1 in the presence of iodate under visible light irradiation, which is nearly two orders of magnitude greater than that of pristine BiVO4 and superior to those of the corresponding homometallic counterparts. Both experimental and theoretical methods suggest that the presence of a large population of high-valent Fe/Co molecular species due to the favorable interfacial charge transfer and upshift of the d-band centers of metal sites toward Fermi level lead to a lower energy barrier for the O-O bond formation and eventually promote the oxidation of water.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Chemical Society (ACS) , 2023. Vol. 13, no 13, p. 8445-8454
Keywords [en]
BiVO4, oxygen evolution rate, polyphthalocyanine, semiconductor molecular photocatalysts, water oxidation
National Category
Materials Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-334850DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c01235ISI: 001004395800001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85163428263OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-334850DiVA, id: diva2:1792043
Note
QC 20230831
2023-08-282023-08-282024-07-04Bibliographically approved