Efficient photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide generation coupled with selective benzylamine oxidation over defective ZrS3 nanobelts.
Nat Commun
; 12(1): 2039, 2021 04 01.
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ABSTRACT
Photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) generation represents a promising approach for artificial photosynthesis. However, the sluggish half-reaction of water oxidation significantly limits the efficiency of H2O2 generation. Here, a benzylamine oxidation with more favorable thermodynamics is employed as the half-reaction to couple with H2O2 generation in water by using defective zirconium trisulfide (ZrS3) nanobelts as a photocatalyst. The ZrS3 nanobelts with disulfide (S22-) and sulfide anion (S2-) vacancies exhibit an excellent photocatalytic performance for H2O2 generation and simultaneous oxidation of benzylamine to benzonitrile with a high selectivity of >99%. More importantly, the S22- and S2- vacancies can be separately introduced into ZrS3 nanobelts in a controlled manner. The S22- vacancies are further revealed to facilitate the separation of photogenerated charge carriers. The S2- vacancies can significantly improve the electron conduction, hole extraction, and kinetics of benzylamine oxidation. As a result, the use of defective ZrS3 nanobelts yields a high production rate of 78.1 ± 1.5 and 32.0 ± 1.2 µmol h-1 for H2O2 and benzonitrile, respectively, under a simulated sunlight irradiation.
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Nat Commun
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BIOLOGIA
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CIENCIA
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2021
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Article
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China