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Enhanced Sunlight-Driven Reactive Species Generation via Polarization Field in Nanopiezoelectric Heterostructures
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry (MMK). Tongji University, China.
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Number of Authors: 52021 (English)In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, ISSN 1944-8244, E-ISSN 1944-8252, Vol. 13, no 25, p. 29691-29707Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Although it is established that the force-induced electric polarization field of piezoelectric semiconductors can be used to tune the transfer rate of photoexcited charge carriers, there is still a lack of successful strategies to effectively improve the photocatalytic reactivity and solar-to-chemical conversion efficiency (SCC) of piezoelectric materials. Here, we are the first to prepare and study a kind of catalyst based on nanopiezoelectric heterostructures of LiNbO3-type ZnTiO3·TiO2 and tetragonal BaTiO3 with Pt or FeOx nanoparticle modification (i.e., ZBTO–Pt or ZBTO–FeOx) for reactive species generation. With respect to the production of OH and O2 radicals, higher amounts were observed in piezophotocatalysis relative to those for individual piezo- and photocatalysis. Benefiting from the charge transfer resistance decreases by the deposition of Pt and FeOx, the amounts of OH radicals formed on ZBTO–Pt and ZBTO–FeOx were approximately 48 and 21% higher than that on isolated ZBTO during piezophotocatalysis, and for the amounts of O2 radicals the enhancements were approximately 11 and 6%, respectively. Furthermore, the concentrations of H2O2 formed on ZBTO–Pt and ZBTO–FeOx under piezophotocatalysis reached approximately 315 and 206 μM after 100 min of reaction (and was still increasing) corresponding to 0.10 and 0.06% SCCs, respectively, which were also much higher than the concentrations and SCCs observed for piezo- and photocatalysis. The enhancements of piezophotocatalytic activities with these piezoelectric materials were related to the mechanical strain exerted on ZBTO, which generated a larger electric polarization field than those on ZnTiO3·TiO2 and BaTiO3 as analyzed by a finite element method. This high-intensity electric polarization field accelerated the separation and transportation of photoexcited charge carriers in the highly sunlight responsive nanopiezoelectric heterostructures based on ZBTO–Pt and ZBTO–FeOx.

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2021. Vol. 13, no 25, p. 29691-29707
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photocatalysis, polarization field, piezophototronic effect, reactive species, heterostructure
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-196516DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c06912ISI: 000670430100042PubMedID: 34152123OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-196516DiVA, id: diva2:1593923
Available from: 2021-09-14 Created: 2021-09-14 Last updated: 2022-02-25Bibliographically approved

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