Rh nanospheres anchored TaON@Ta2O5 nanophotocatalyst for efficient hydrogen evolution from photocatalytic water splitting under visible light irradiation |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Nano-Medicine Research, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations(IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.0. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia;2. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, PR China;1. LPGP, Univ. Paris-Sud/CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France;2. NIMBE, CEA/CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France;3. SPEC, CEA/CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France;4. GeePs, CNRS UMR8507, CentraleSupelec, Univ Paris-Sud, Sorbonne Universités-UPMC Univ Paris 06, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France;5. LAPA-IRAMAT, NIMBE, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France |
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Abstract: | Rh nanospheres anchored TaON@Ta2O5 with shell-core structure was synthesized from in-situ Rh3+-doped Ta2O5 by one-step high-temperature ammonolysis, which exhibited efficient visible light photoactivity for H2-evolution (39.41 μmol·g−1·h−1), much higher than unmodified Ta3N5@Ta2O5 (21.75 μmol·g−1·h−1). Rh-modifying inhibited the phase transformation from TaON to Ta3N5 during the nitridation process, and increased the specific surface area and active sites, and extended the optical absorption throughout visible light region due to localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect. Relative intensities of peaks at 827 cm−1 for Ta–O bonds increased with increasing Rh-modifying amounts, which was beneficial to improving the stability. Notably, constructing novel Rh/TaON/Ta2O5 heterojunctions including a Rh/TaON Schottky junction and an n-n TaON/Ta2O5 mutant heterojunction facilitated photogenerated carriers directed transfer from inner to surface active sites, and decreased travel distance of charge carriers, and formed built-in electric fields to accelerating charge separation. Synergetic effects of the enhanced photocatalytic H2-evolution activity were discussed in detail. This work provided a promising strategy to further design and develop efficient and stable Ta-based photocatalysts for solar water splitting. |
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Keywords: | Rh-modifying Heterojunction Visible light photocatalyst |
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