Citation: Demei Zhang, Shiyu Yang, Xiaoyu Fang, Huifeng Li, Xuebo Chen, Dongpeng Yan. In situ localization of BiVO₄ onto two-dimensional MXene promoting photoelectrochemical nitrogen reduction to ammonia[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2022, 33(10): 4669-4674. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.02.001 shu

In situ localization of BiVO₄ onto two-dimensional MXene promoting photoelectrochemical nitrogen reduction to ammonia

Demei Zhang ^a ,
Shiyu Yang ^a ,
Xiaoyu Fang ^a ,
Huifeng Li ^{a, *,} ,
Xuebo Chen ^{b, c, *,} ,
Dongpeng Yan ^{a, b, c, *,}

a.
Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
b.
Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
c.
Green Catalysis Center, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China

lihuifeng@bnu.edu.cn

xuebochen@bnu.edu.cn

yandp@bnu.edu.cn

Received Date: 26 November 2021
Revised Date: 29 December 2021
Accepted Date: 1 February 2022
Available Online: 7 February 2022

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The existing industrial ammonia synthesis usually adopts the Haber-Bosch process, which requires harsh conditions of high temperature and high pressure, and consumes high energy. Under this circumstance, photoelectrochemical (PEC) catalysis is regarded as a promising method for N₂ reduction reaction (NRR), but bears problems of low efficiency and yield. Thus, exploring active catalysts remains highly desirable. In this work, BiVO₄@MXene hybrids have been facilely synthesized by a hydrothermal route. The heterojunctions by the in situ growth of BiVO₄ onto two-dimensional (2D) MXene greatly increase the NRR efficiency: under photoelectric conditions, the optimized NH₃ yield is 27.25 μg h ^-1 cm^-2, and the Faraday efficiency achieves 17.54% at -0.8 V relative to the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), which are higher than most state-of-the-art NRR (photo) electrocatalysts. The mechanism speculation shows the enhanced light absorption range and the heterojunction formation largely promote the separation and the transfer efficiency of photogenerated carriers, thereby improving the PEC catalytic ability. Therefore, this work provides a hybrid route to combine the advantages of photo and electric catalysis for effective artificial nitrogen fixation.
- Photoelectrocatalysis,
- Nitrogen reduction reaction,
- BiVO₄,
- 2D materials,
- MXene
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