Giant Enhancement of Internal Electric Field Boosting Bulk Charge Separation for Photocatalysis
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- 22 March 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Advanced Materials
- Vol. 28 (21), 4059-4064
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201600301
Abstract
Incorporating carbon into Bi3O4Cl enhances its internal electric field by 126 times, which induces a bulk charge separation efficiency (ηbulk) of 80%. This ultrahigh ηbulk value presents a state-of-the-art result in tuning the bulk charge separation. The generated C-doped Bi3O4Cl has a noble-metal- and electron-scavenger-free water-oxidation ability under visible light, which is difficult to achieve with most existing photocatalysts.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholars (21425728)
- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (2013CB632402)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (21377044, 51472100, 21573085)
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