Citation: Mei-Chao GAO, Yun-Yun GONG, Zi-Yue LI, Bai-Hui WANG, Xiao-Qing HUANG, Wen-Jiao YU. Fabrication of Bi₁₂O₁₇Br₂ with Efficient Photocatalytic N₂ Fixation Boosted by Photoinduced Oxygen Vacancies[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2022, 38(3): 542-550. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.2022.043 shu

Fabrication of Bi₁₂O₁₇Br₂ with Efficient Photocatalytic N₂ Fixation Boosted by Photoinduced Oxygen Vacancies

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, Shandong 273165, China

Corresponding author: Mei-Chao GAO, meichaogao@hotmail.com
Received Date: 14 September 2021
Revised Date: 29 December 2021

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Bi₁₂O₁₇Br₂ photocatalyst was prepared through a one-pot hydrothermal method. An average microsheets size of 1.2 μm and a high specific surface area of ca. 29 m²·g^-1 were observed for Bi₁₂O₁₇Br₂ photocatalyst. Bi₁₂O₁₇Br₂ has a bandgap of 2.42 eV, which can be excited under visible light illumination. The photoinduced oxygen vacancies are easily generated on the surface of Bi₁₂O₁₇Br₂. The N₂ molecules could be captured and activated by oxygen vacancies. An NH₃ generation rate of 337.6 μmol·g^-1·h^-1 was detected on Bi₁₂O₁₇Br₂ under visible light irradiation. It demonstrates that the accomplishment of the visible-light-driven photocatalytic for the N₂ photo fixation with H₂O over a Bi₁₂O₁₇Br₂ photocatalyst.
- Bi₁₂O₁₇Br₂,
- photocatalysis,
- oxygen vacancy,
- N₂ photo fixation
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