Volume 7, Issue 3 2201365
Research Article

Efficient Charge Transfer and Effective Active Sites in Lead-Free Halide Double Perovskite S-Scheme Heterojunctions for Photocatalytic H2 Evolution

Huijun Lv

Huijun Lv

School of Physics and Physical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165 P. R. China

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Hongfei Yin

Hongfei Yin

School of Physics and Physical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165 P. R. China

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Na Jiao

Na Jiao

School of Physics and Physical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165 P. R. China

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Chunyu Yuan

Chunyu Yuan

School of Physics and Physical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165 P. R. China

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Suting Weng

Suting Weng

Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 P. R. China

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Kailing Zhou

Kailing Zhou

Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124 P. R. China

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Yangyang Dang

Yangyang Dang

School of Physics and Physical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165 P. R. China

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Xuefeng Wang

Xuefeng Wang

Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 P. R. China

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Zhen Lu

Zhen Lu

Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 P. R. China

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Yongzheng Zhang

Corresponding Author

Yongzheng Zhang

School of Physics and Physical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165 P. R. China

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First published: 15 January 2023
Citations: 8

Abstract

The practical application of lead-free double perovskite Cs2AgBiBr6 in photocatalytic H2 evolution is still restricted due to the low activity and poor stability. The rational design of lead-free halide double perovskites heterojunctions with efficient charge transfer and effective active sites is a potential route to achieve the ideal prospect. Herein, in this work an S-scheme heterojunction of Cs2AgBiBr6 with enriched Br-vacancies and WO3 nanorods (VBr-Cs2AgBiBr6/WO3) obtaining excellent visible-light responsive photocatalytic H2 evolution performance and durable stability is reported. The S-scheme heterojunction driven by the unaligned Fermi levels of these two semiconductors ensures the efficient charge transfer at the interface, and density functional theory calculations reveal the enriched Br vacancies on Cs2AgBiBr6 (022) surfaces introduced by atom thermal vibration provide effective active sites for hydrogen evolution. The optimized VBr-Cs2AgBiBr6/WO3 S-scheme photocatalyst exhibits the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution rate of 364.89 µmol g−1 h−1 which is 4.9-fold of bare VBr-Cs2AgBiBr6 (74.44 µmol g−1 h−1) and presents long-term stability of 12 h continuous photocatalytic reaction. This work provides deep insights into the photocatalytic mechanism of VBr-Cs2AgBiBr6/WO3 S-scheme heterojunctions, which emerges a new strategy in the applications of perovskite-based photocatalysts.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions.

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