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Limin Yu, Zhao Mo, Xianglin Zhu, Jiujun Deng, Fan Xu, Yanhua Song, Yuanbin She, Huaming Li, Hui Xu. Construction of 2D/2D Z-scheme MnO2-x/g-C3N4 photocatalyst for efficient nitrogen fixation to ammonia. Green Energy&Environment, 2021, 6(4): 538-545. doi: 10.1016/j.gee.2020.05.011
Citation: Limin Yu, Zhao Mo, Xianglin Zhu, Jiujun Deng, Fan Xu, Yanhua Song, Yuanbin She, Huaming Li, Hui Xu. Construction of 2D/2D Z-scheme MnO2-x/g-C3N4 photocatalyst for efficient nitrogen fixation to ammonia. Green Energy&Environment, 2021, 6(4): 538-545. doi: 10.1016/j.gee.2020.05.011
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Construction of 2D/2D Z-scheme MnO2-x/g-C3N4 photocatalyst for efficient nitrogen fixation to ammonia

doi: 10.1016/j.gee.2020.05.011

  • a School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China;

  • b School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, 212003, China;

  • c State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry-Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China

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This study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (21776118, 21808090), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20190981), Jiangsu Fund for Distinguished Young Scientists (BK20190045), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2019M661765), High-tech Research Key laboratory of Zhenjiang (SS2018002), A Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, the high-performance computing platform of Jiangsu University.

  • Received date 24 October 2019, Accepted date 21 May 2020, RevRecd date 19 May 2020, Publish date 31 August 2021,
    Abstract

  • Reducing nitrogen to ammonia with solar energy has become a wide concern when it comes to photocatalysis research. It is considered to be one of the more promising alternate options for the conventional Haber–Bosch cycle. Herein, 2D g-C3N4 composites with modifying ultrathin sheet MnO2-x were prepared and used as nitrogen fixation photocatalyst. With the assistance of the nature of MnO2-x, the generation rate of NH3 reached 225 μmol g-1 h-1, which is more than twice over the rate of pristine 2D g-C3N4 (107 μmol g-1 h-1). The presence of ultrathin sheet MnO2-x shortens the gap of the carriers to the surface of photocatalyst. Thus the speed of electron transfer gets increased. Besides, the construction of Z-scheme heterojunction boosts the separation and migration of photogenerated carriers. As a result, the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) performance gets enhanced. The work may provide an example of promoting the NRR performance of non-metallic compound.

     

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