Oxygen-Vacancy-Enhanced Piezo-Photocatalytic Performance of AgNbO 3

Autor: Jingsong Wang, Li Li, Chunchang Wang, Gaifang Chen, Yanran Ma
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: SSRN Electronic Journal.
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3873683
Popis: Piezo-photocatalysis (implement by ultrasound vibration and UV-vis light irradiation), a new-emerging strategy, can suppress the rapid recombination of electrons and holes to enhance the catalytic performance. The modulation of interface structures (e.g., the introduction of oxygen vacancies, OVs) plays a significant role in the charge-transfer and the catalytic activity. In this paper, the AgNbO3 (ANO) powder was prepared by a facile hydrothermal method. Based on this, we introduce OVs into ANO successfully by annealing in N2 (ANO-N2). It was found that OVs can narrow the band gap and improve the UV-vis light absorption of the ANO. The ANO-N2 with OVs exhibits much better piezo-photocatalytic activity for degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) than the ANO. The work thus supplies an in-depth understanding of the mechanism between OVs and piezo-photocatalytic performance.
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