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Enhanced Visible-Light Photocatalytic H 2 Evolution in Cu 2 O/Cu 2 Se Multilayer Heterostructure Nanowires Having {111} Facets and Physical Mechanism.
Inorganic Chemistry 2018 July 3
It is rather challenging to develop photocatalysts based on narrow-band-gap semiconductors for water splitting under solar irradiation. Herein, we synthesized the Cu2 O/Cu2 Se multilayer heterostructure nanowires exposing {111} crystal facets by a hydrothermal reaction of Se with Cu and KBH4 in ethanol amine aqueous solution and subsequent annealing in air. The photocatalytic H2 production activity of Cu2 O/Cu2 Se multilayer heterostructure nanowires is dramatically improved, with an increase on the texture coefficient of Cu2 O(111) and Cu2 Se(111) planes, and thus the exposed {111} facets may be the active surfaces for photocatalytic H2 production. On the basis of the polar structure of Cu2 O {111} and Cu2 Se {111} surfaces, we presented a model of charge separation between the Cu-Cu2 Se(111) and O-Cu2 O(1̅ 1̅ 1̅) polar surfaces. An internal electric field is created between Cu-Cu2 Se(111) and O-Cu2 O(1̅ 1̅ 1̅) polar surfaces, because of spontaneous polarization. As a result, this internal electric field drives the photocreated charge separation. The oxidation and reduction reactions selectively occur at the negative O-Cu2 O(1̅ 1̅ 1̅) and the positive Cu-Cu2 Se(111) surfaces. The polar surface-engineering may be a general strategy for enhancing the photocatalytic H2 -production activity of semiconductor photocatalysts. The charge separation mechanism not only can deepen the understanding of photocatalytic H2 production mechanism but also provides a novel insight into the design of advanced photocatalysts, other photoelectric devices, and solar cells.
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