Construction of Type Ⅱ Heterojunction of Nb2O5/BiOCl for Enhanced Photocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction
WU Shuqi1, HUANG Ze'ai1,2, LI Qingchuan1, RAO Zhiqiang1, ZHOU Ying1,2
1 The Center of New Energy Materials and Technology, School of New Energy and Materials, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China 2 State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu 610500, China
Abstract: In this work, a type Ⅱ heterojunction of Nb2O5/BiOCl composite material was prepared and applied to photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2). Different weight percentages (5wt% and 11wt%) of Nb2O5 was applied to fabricate different composition of type Ⅱ heterojunction of Nb2O5/BiOCl materials, the interface between the two materials was observed using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The formation of type Ⅱ heterojunction was confirmed with the measurement of the position of the valence band using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), together with the width of the forbidden band derived from UV-vis diffuse reflection spectra. It was found that this type Ⅱ heterojunction material enhanced the visible light absorption range. The fluorescence spectrum (PL) showed that the ability of photogenerated electrons-hole separation efficiency was improved. As a result, the photocatalytic activities for the CO2 reduction indicated the activity of all the produced products was improved over type Ⅱ heterojunction of 5wt% Nb2O5/BiOCl. The yields of the products of CO, CH4, and H2 were 1.3 times, 2.8 times, and 1.9 times that of bare BiOCl; and 2.7 times, 2.0 times, 1.1 times that of bare Nb2O5, respectively. Finally, the possible reaction ways of CO2 over Nb2O5/BiOCl was proposed. This work might provide a new idea for the design of an efficient BiOCl-based heterostructure for photocatalytic CO2 reduction.
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