期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
卷 46, 期 69, 页码 34305-34317出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.08.023
关键词
Zinc selenide nanosheet; Passivated codoping; Visible-light-driven photocatalysis; Hybrid density functional theory
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11875226 and11874306]
- Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing [CSTC-2017jcyjBX0035]
The study successfully demonstrates visible-light-driven photocatalytic water splitting using charge-compensated codoped h-ZnSe nanosheets, which exhibit better photocatalytic performance compared to monodoped nanosheets.
Two-dimensional (2D) pseudohexagonal ZnSe (h-ZnSe) nanosheet has been sythesized and demonstrated to be a stable, cut-price and high-efficiency photocatalyst under the irradiation of ultraviolet light. Herein, we use hybrid density functional theory to rationally design the charge-compensated codoped h-ZnSe sheets, which are simulated by substituting Sb for Se atom, and Sc or Y for Zn atom, for visible-light-driven photocatalytic water splitting to produce hydrogen. It is demonstrated that the Sc-Sb and Y-Sb codoped sheets are energetically favorable compared with Sc, Y, Sb-monodoped sheets because dopants have strong Coulombic interactions with other atoms, and moreover, have the effectively reduced bandgap, the larger absorption region of visible light, and appropriate band edges positions with respect to the water redox level. Meanwhile, compared to monodoped sheets, the codoped sheets do not introduce charge-imbalance defects or unoccupied impurity states which promote the electron-hole recombination. Furthermore, the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are easier driven by photogenerated carriers due to the largely reduced overpotentials and ample active sites on the codoped sheets. Thus, the Sc-Sb and Y-Sb codoped h-ZnSe sheets can be promising photocatalysts for visible-light-driven water decomposition to generate hydrogen. (c) 2021 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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