Pauling-type adsorption of O2 induced by S-scheme electric field for boosted photocatalytic H2O2 production

doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2024.02.048

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Abstract: The effective adsorption of oxygen (O₂) molecules over photocatalysts is a critical step in promoting the performance of photocatalytic H₂O₂ production. However, g-C₃N₄ usually features a Yeager-type (side-on) adsorption configuration of O₂ molecules, which causes the breaking of O-O bonds and severely hinders the H₂O₂ production activity. Herein, we synthesized an oxygen-vacancy-rich TiO_2-_x/g-C₃N₄ step-scheme (S-scheme) heterojunction to regulate the oxygen adsorption configuration and improve the 2e^- ORR selectivity of H₂O₂ production. In-situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (in-situ XPS) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that the S-scheme heterojunction is formed between TiO_2-_x and g-C₃N₄. The difference between their Fermi levels leads to the electron flow from g-C₃N₄ to TiO_2-_x, which increases the electron-deficient sites in g-C₃N₄. As a result, the cleavage of O-O bonds on the surface of g-C₃N₄ is avoided and the oxygen adsorption configuration is tuned from Yeager-type to Pauling-type (end-on). Consequently, the photocatalytic H₂O₂ production rate is dramatically improved to 1780.3 μmol h^-1, which is about 5 times higher than that of pristine g-C₃N₄. This work paves a new way to tailor the oxygen adsorption configuration by rationally designing S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts.

Key words: S-scheme heterojunction, Hydrogen peroxide production, Pauling-type oxygen adsorption, Femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy, Two-electron oxygen reduction selectivity

Shuang Zhou, Da Wen, Wei Zhong, Jianjun Zhang, Yaorong Su, Aiyun Meng. Pauling-type adsorption of O₂ induced by S-scheme electric field for boosted photocatalytic H₂O₂ production[J]. J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2024, 199: 53-65.

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