Corrigendum to "Influence of interaction between organic cation and inorganic unit in bi-based hybrid perovskites for photoelectronic properties" < [Heliyon Volume 8, Issue 12, December 2022, Article e12528]>.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12528.].

Influence of interaction between organic cation and inorganic unit in bi-based hybrid perovskites for photoelectronic properties.

With the increase of the passion on lead-free perovskites, more and more endeavor focused on halobismuthates. Here, we have introduced the p-iodoaniline and p-phenylenediamine into Bi-based hybrid materials, and two photoactive iodobismuthate named p-phenylenediamine iodobismuthate (PDABI) and p-iodoaniline iodobismuthate (PIDBI) were prepared. Their single structures, band gaps, thermostability and other properties were explored. The structure results revealed that they all have 1D BiI4 - anion chains with edge-shared BiI6 octahedron. The DFT result revealed that PIDBI had an inherent interaction between the I substituent in p-iodoaniline cation and the Bi atom in inorganic BiI4 - anion chains. The photodetector assembled by PDABI and PIDBI revealed that the interaction provided by symmetric p-phenylenediamine has a positive effect on PIDBI's optoelectronic properties compared to the role of asymmetric p-iodoaniline in PDABI.

Targeted Regulation of the Electronic States of Nickel Toward the Efficient Electrosynthesis of Benzonitrile and Hydrogen Production.

Highly efficient electro-oxidation of benzylamine to generate value-added chemicals coupled with the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is crucial but challenging. Herein, targeted regulation of the electronic states of Ni sites was realized via simple yet precise nitridation engineering. Benefiting from the insertion of N atoms into the Ni lattice, the Ni3N electrode exhibits superior activity, selectivity, and stability for the benzylamine oxidation reaction (BOR). Especially, under the industrially relevant current (∼250 mA), the Ni3N catalyst remains ∼95% selective for benzonitrile production, reaching 1.43 mmol h-1 cm-2. Experimental and theoretical findings reveal that the formation of Ni-N bonds upshifts the Ni d-band center and optimizes the electrophilic properties of Ni sites, which contributes to the adsorption and dehydrogenations process of benzylamine. Furthermore, due to the work function difference between Ni and Ni3N, a strong mutual interaction occurs at the heterogeneous interface for Ni-Ni3N, which endows it with the appropriate H* adsorption energy and thus excellent HER performance. Impressively, the integrated solar-energy-driven BOR coupled with the HER electrolyzer affords 10 mA cm-2 at an ultralow voltage of 1.4 V and exhibits a promising practical application (ηsolar-to-hydrogen = 13.8%). This work offers a new perspective for the bifunctional design of nitrides in the field of electrosynthesis.

Tuning the Conduction Band Potential of Bi-based Semiconductors Using a Combination of Organic Ligands.

Most Bi-based semiconductors are incapable of photocatalytic reduction reaction from a thermodynamic view, owing to relatively positive conduction band potentials (ECB ). Here, a novel Bi-based metal-organic framework (Bi-MBA, MBA=4-mercaptobenzoic acid) with excellent photocatalytic reduction activities is developed. The ECB of Bi-MBA locates at -1.38 eV, which is able to efficiently reduce O2 , CrVI and CO2 . Theoretical calculations reveal the significant contribution of organic ligand (MBA) to the conduction band. Our results provide an effective route to improve the photocatalytic reduction activities of Bi-based photocatalysts.