Bandgap Engineering and Oxygen Vacancies of NixV2O5+x (x = 1, 2, 3) for Efficient Visible Light-Driven CO2 to CO with Nearly 100% Selectivity
Yong Chen
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Nano Technology, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Search for more papers by this authorYuanming Zhang
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Nano Technology, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Search for more papers by this authorWenjing Wang
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Nano Technology, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Search for more papers by this authorXiaoming Xu
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Nano Technology, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Search for more papers by this authorYang Li
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Nano Technology, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Search for more papers by this authorMengyang Du
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Nano Technology, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
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Zhaosheng Li
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Nano Technology, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Search for more papers by this authorZhigang Zou
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Nano Technology, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Search for more papers by this authorYong Chen
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Nano Technology, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Search for more papers by this authorYuanming Zhang
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Nano Technology, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Search for more papers by this authorWenjing Wang
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Nano Technology, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Search for more papers by this authorXiaoming Xu
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Nano Technology, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Search for more papers by this authorYang Li
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Nano Technology, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Search for more papers by this authorMengyang Du
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Nano Technology, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
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Zhaosheng Li
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Nano Technology, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Search for more papers by this authorZhigang Zou
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Nano Technology, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, 210093 China
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It is difficult to design a new single-component photocatalyst to simultaneously possess a bandgap small enough to absorb most of sunlight and strong redox ability to reduce CO2 into value-added chemical fuels. Herein, bandgap engineering of nickel vanadate compounds (NixV2O5+x, x = 1, 2, 3) is rationally designed to overcome the above challenge. Through changing the Ni:V ratio, the bandgap and band edge positions of nickel vanadates can be regulated, enabling Ni2V2O7 and Ni3V2O8 to reduce CO2 in the presence of water under visible light irradiation that do not exist in NiV2O6. Ni 3d orbitals of Ni2V2O7 and Ni3V2O8 replace V 3d orbitals of NiV2O6 and hybridize with O 2p orbitals to form the valence band maximums, resulting in their negative shifts. Meanwhile, the relatively weaker effect of the crystal field in VO4 tetrahedron over Ni2V2O7 and Ni3V2O8 results in less V 3d split, thus making the conduction band edges to shift upward. In addition, higher concentration of oxygen vacancies over Ni2V2O7 can further enhance its photocatalytic activity for CO2 conversion into CO with nearly 100% selectivity by prolonging the lifetime of photogenerated carriers and improving the chemisorption of CO2.
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