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A novel photocatalyst, Y2SiO5:Pr3+,Li/Pt-NaNbxTa1?xO3, for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution under visible-light irradiation
摘要： In this work, Y2SiO5:Pr3+,Li, as an excellent up-conversion luminescence agent from visible-light to ultraviolet-light, is synthesized by using sol-gel method. And then, a series of Y2SiO5:Pr3+,Li/NaNbxTa1?xO3 (x = 0.00, 0.25 and 0.50) with different amounts of Y2SiO5:Pr3+,Li are prepared by using hydrothermal method. The prepared samples are characterized by X-ray diffractometer (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), UV–vis absorption spectroscopy and photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL). The activities of Y2SiO5:Pr3+,Li/Pt-NaNbxTa1?xO3 are investigated through photocatalytic hydrogen evolution in 10 vol% methanol solution under visible-light irradiation. The influences of Nb content in NaNbxTa1?xO3, mass ratio of Y2SiO5:Pr3+,Li and NaNb0.5Ta0.5O3, visible-light irradiation time and reuse-times are examined on the visible-light photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. The experimental results showed that the prepared Y2SiO5:Pr3+,Li/Pt-NaNb0.5Ta0.5O3 with 0.4:1.0 mass ratio of Y2SiO5:Pr3+,Li and NaNb0.5Ta0.5O3 and 0.25 wt% Pt loading displayed a highest evolved hydrogen activity under visible-light irradiation. This study may provide some significant references for large scale photocatalytic hydrogen evolution utilizing solar energy.
关键词： Visible-light photocatalyst (Y2SiO5:Pr3+,Li/Pt-NaNb0.5Ta0.5O3),Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution,Pt loading,Nb-substituted NaTaO3,Up-conversion luminescence agent (Y2SiO5:Pr3+,Li)
更新于2025-11-19 16:51:07
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Cu3MS4 (M=V, Nb, and Ta) and their solid solutions with sulvanite structure for photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical H2 evolution under visible light irradiation
摘要： Solid solutions with a sulvanite structure between Cu3VS4 and either Cu3NbS4 or Cu3TaS4 (Cu3Nb1-xVxS4, Cu3Ta1-xVxS4) were successfully prepared by a solid-state reaction. Their band gaps were 1.6–1.7 eV corresponding to the absorption of a wide range of visible light. Ru-cocatalyst loaded Cu3MS4 (M=V, Nb, Ta), Cu3Nb1-xVxS4, and Cu3Ta1-xVxS4 showed photocatalytic activities for sacrificial H2 evolution under visible light irradiation. Most solid solutions showed better activities than the single Cu3MS4 (M=V, Nb, Ta). Cu3MS4 (M=V, Nb), Cu3Nb1-xVxS4, and Cu3Ta1-xVxS4 also functioned as a photoelectrode and gave cathodic photocurrents under visible light irradiation, indicating a p-type semiconductor character. Cu3Nb0.9V0.1S4 showed the best photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical performances. When Ru-loaded Cu3Nb0.9V0.1S4 was used as a photocathode with a CoOx-loaded BiVO4 photoanode, photoelectrochemical water splitting proceeded under simulated sunlight irradiation without an external bias.
关键词： Energy conversion,Water splitting,Heterogeneous catalysis,Photocatalysis
更新于2025-11-19 16:51:07
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An anti-symmetric dual (ASD) Z-scheme photocatalytic system: (ZnIn2S4/Er3+:Y3Al5O12@ZnTiO3/CaIn2S4) for organic pollutants degradation with simultaneous hydrogen evolution
摘要： An anti-symmetric dual (ASD) Z-scheme ZnIn2S4/Er3+:Y3Al5O12@ZnTiO3/CaIn2S4 photocatalyst was prepared by isoelectric point and calcination methods. The photocatalytic activity is estimated via degradation of Acid Orange II as a target organic contaminant with simultaneous hydrogen evolution under simulated solar-light irradiation. The prepared ASD Z-scheme ZnIn2S4/Er3+:Y3Al5O12@ZnTiO3/CaIn2S4 photocatalyst has a high photocatalytic activity, which can be assigned to the enlarged photoresponse range, increased reduction surface and enhanced separation efficiency of photo-induced carriers. Furthermore, the cyclic experiment proves that the prepared ASD Z-scheme ZnIn2S4/Er3+:Y3Al5O12@ZnTiO3/CaIn2S4 photocatalyst still maintains a high photocatalytic activity within five repetitive cycles. Moreover, the mechanism on photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants with simultaneous hydrogen evolution caused by ASD Z-scheme ZnIn2S4/Er3+:Y3Al5O12@ZnTiO3/CaIn2S4 photocatalyst is proposed. It is wished that this study could provide a promising pathway for effective degradation and rapid hydrogen production.
关键词： Simultaneous hydrogen evolution,Organic contaminants,Anti-symmetric dual (ASD) Z-scheme photocatalytic system,ZnIn2S4/Er3+:Y3Al5O12@ZnTiO3/CaIn2S4 composite,Up-conversion luminescence agent,Photocatalytic degradation
更新于2025-11-19 16:51:07
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High lying energy of charge-transfer states and small energetic offsets enabled by fluorinated quinoxaline-based alternating polymer and alkyl-thienyl side-chain modified non-fullerene acceptor
摘要： Significant driving forces are the prerequisite to achieve fast and efficient charge separation in fullerene derivatives-based polymer solar cells to achieve high power conversion efficiency (PCE). However, the large driving forces both in photo-induced hole transfer (PHT) and in photo-induced electron transfer (PET) processes lead to significant energy losses, resulting in low open-circuit voltage in the devices. Recent studies indicate the driving forces in non-fullerene acceptors-based devices can be reduced to very low values but still with high PCE and low energy losses. Herein, we report a new donor:acceptor system with high lying energy of charge-transfer excitons (ECT) of 1.50 eV and very small driving forces (PHT of 0.28 eV and PET of 0.11 eV), in which a fluorinated quinoxaline-based alternating polymer (FTQ) and an alkyl-thienyl side-chain modified small molecule (ITIC-Th) are taken as the donor material and non-fullerene acceptor material, respectively. A high power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 8.19% with maximal external quantum efficiency of 71% are achieved successfully in FTQ:ITIC-Th-based device after appropriate thermal annealing treatment, indicating FTQ can be further applied as donor materials with other highly efficient NF-acceptors to achieve enhanced performances and low energy losses.
关键词： Power conversion efficiency,Driving forces,Energy of charge-transfer states,Polymer solar cells
更新于2025-11-14 17:28:48
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Thinning ferroelectric films for high-efficiency photovoltaics based on the Schottky barrier effect
摘要： Achieving high power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) in ferroelectric photovoltaics (PVs) is a longstanding challenge. Although recently ferroelectric thick films, composite films, and bulk crystals have all been demonstrated to exhibit PCEs >1%, these systems still suffer from severe recombination because of the fundamentally low conductivities of ferroelectrics. Further improvement of PCEs may therefore rely on thickness reduction if the reduced recombination could overcompensate for the loss in light absorption. Here, a PCE of up to 2.49% (under 365-nm ultraviolet illumination) was demonstrated in a 12-nm Pb(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3 (PZT) ultrathin film. The strategy to realize such a high PCE consists of reducing the film thickness to be comparable with the depletion width, which can simultaneously suppress recombination and lower the series resistance. The basis of our strategy lies in the fact that the PV effect originates from the interfacial Schottky barriers, which is revealed by measuring and modeling the thickness-dependent PV characteristics. In addition, the Schottky barrier parameters (particularly the depletion width) are evaluated by investigating the thickness-dependent ferroelectric, dielectric and conduction properties. Our study therefore provides an effective strategy to obtain high-efficiency ferroelectric PVs and demonstrates the great potential of ferroelectrics for use in ultrathin-film PV devices.
关键词： power conversion efficiency,Schottky barrier effect,ferroelectric photovoltaics,PZT ultrathin film,depletion width
更新于2025-11-14 17:28:48
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Improved photovoltaic performance of perovskite solar cells by utilizing down-conversion NaYF <sub/>4</sub> :Eu <sup>3+</sup> nanophosphors
摘要： Perovskite solar cells assembled with titanium dioxide electron transport layer exhibited brilliant photovoltaic properties due to titanium dioxide having a high electron mobility, appropriate energy level alignment and easy fabrication procedure. However, inherent instability exists in titanium dioxide-based perovskite solar cells because of the ultraviolet photocatalytic activity of titanium dioxide. This results in recombination at the interface of titanium dioxide/perovskite. In this report, the down-conversion nanocrystals film made of europium-doped sodium yttrium fluoride was deposited on the non-conducting side of the conducting glass. The down-conversion nanocrystal layer could absorb high energy ultraviolet photons and converted them to visible light. The layer not only extended the spectral response range for perovskite solar cells but also alleviated the photocatalytic activity of titanium dioxide. The perovskite solar cells with the down-conversion nanocrystals film generated average power conversion efficiency yield of 19.99%, which is much better than that of the device without the down-conversion nanocrystals film (16.99%). The best power conversion efficiency for the device with the down-conversion nanocrystals film was 20.17%. In addition, perovskite solar cells with the down-conversion nanocrystals film showed a small hysteresis.
关键词： titanium dioxide,down-conversion,NaYF4:Eu3+ nanophosphors,photovoltaic performance,perovskite solar cells
更新于2025-11-14 17:04:02
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A direct one-step synthesis of ultrathin g-C3N4 nanosheets from thiourea for boosting solar photocatalytic H2 evolution
摘要： Two-dimensional (2D) graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) nanosheets, as the promising photocatalyst with fascinating properties, have become a 'rising star' in the field of photocatalysis. Although g-C3N4 nanosheets exfoliated from the bulk g-C3N4 powders are extensively emerged, developing a simple synthetic approach is still full of challenge. To this end, here we report a direct polymerization strategy to fabricate the ultrathin g-C3N4 nanosheets, that is only heating treatment of thiourea in air without addition of any template. The photocatalytic activities of as-prepared samples were evaluated by photoreduction of water to hydrogen (H2) using triethanolamine as sacrificial agent and Pt as co-catalyst under visible-light irradiation (λ > 420 nm). As a result, our few-layered g-C3N4 nanosheets with an average thickness of 3.5 nm exhibit a superior visible-light photocatalytic H2 evolution rate (HER) of 1391 μmol g?1 h?1 and a remarkable apparent quantum efficiency of 6.6% at 420 nm. Eventually, the HER of as-fabricated ultrathin g-C3N4 nanosheets is not only much higher than the dicyandiamide-derived g-C3N4 or melamine-derived g-C3N4, but also greater than the thermal-oxidation etched g-C3N4 nanosheets under the same condition.
关键词： g-C3N4 nanosheets,Template-free polymerization,Solar energy conversion,2D materials,Photocatalysis,One-step synthesis
更新于2025-11-14 17:03:37
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A microfluidic all-vanadium photoelectrochemical cell with the N-doped TiO2 photoanode for enhancing the solar energy storage
摘要： In this work, the nitrogen-doped TiO2 photocatalyst is synthesized and applied in a microfluidic all-vanadium photoelectrochemical cell for enhancing the solar energy storage. The use of the nitrogen-doped TiO2 photoanode and the minimization design can ensure the visible-light response, increased specific surface area, vigorous pore structure and enhanced photon and mass transport as well as more uniform light distribution. Various characterizations are performed to evaluate the developed photocatalyst and microfluidic all-vanadium photoelectrochemical cell. The results confirm that the developed nitrogen-doped TiO2 photoanode can provide both the extended absorption spectrum and the small anatase crystal size as well as the obviously enlarged specific surface area with plentiful pore structure. Because of these merits, the microfluidic all-vanadium photoelectrochemical cell with the nitrogen-doped TiO2 photoanode yield the average photocurrent density of 0.103 mA/cm2 during the long-term operation, which is much higher than those with the un-doped TiO2 photoanode (0.086 mA/cm2) and commercial P25 TiO2 photoanode (0.073 mA/cm2), presenting 19.8% and 41% improvements, respectively. The results demonstrate not only the promotion of the vanadium reversible redox pairs conversion but also the inherently excellent stability by the nitrogen-doped TiO2 photoanode.
关键词： Photoanode,N-doped TiO2 photocatalyst,Conversion rate,Microfluidic all-vanadium photoelectrochemical cell,Solar energy storage
更新于2025-11-14 17:03:37
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Direct Hot-Injection Synthesis of Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocubes in Acrylic Monomers for Ultrastable and Bright Nanocrystal–Polymer Composite Films
摘要： In recent years, lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) have attracted significant attention in both fundamental research and commercial applications due to their excellent optical and optoelectrical properties. However, the protective ligands on the surface of the perovskites NCs could be easily removed after the tedious process of centrifugation, separation, and dispersion, which greatly hampers their stability against light, heat, moisture, and oxygen and limits their practical applications. Here we report a new post-processing-free strategy (i.e., without centrifugation, separation, and dispersion process) of using an UV-polymerizable acrylic monomer of lauryl methacrylate (LMA) as the solvent to synthesize CsPbBr3 NCs, and then adding polyester polyurethane acrylates oligomer, monomer (IBOA) and initiator for directly UV polymerization to fabricate NC-polymer composite films. These films exhibited an improved photoluminescence quantum yield (85-90%) than classic NC-film (40-50%), which were processed using octadecene (ODE) as the solvent for NC synthesis and post-processed for UV polymerization. Significantly, the as-fabricated films by post-processing-free strategy exhibited excellent photostability against strong Xe lamp illumination; while the other films using classic methods were quickly photo-degraded. Meanwhile, these NC-polymer composite films showed good stability against moisture and heating when aging in water at 50oC for over 200 hours. These films, along with K2SiF6:Mn4+ (KSF) phosphor emitters, were used as downconverters for blue LEDs in liquid crystal displays with a wide color gamut of 115% in the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) 1931 color space. This work provides a facile and effective strategy for the preparation of ultrastable and bright color-conversion NC films for the development of the next-generation wide color gamut displays.
关键词： display backlight,lead halide perovskite,colloidal nanocrystals,color-conversion optical films,photostability
更新于2025-11-14 17:03:37
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Functionalizing Window Coatings with Luminescence Centers by Combinatorial Sputtering of Scatter-Free Amorphous SiAlON:Eu2+ Thin Film Composition Libraries
摘要： SiAlON window coatings are applied on an industrial scale to achieve e.g. scratch-resistance and anti-reflection. Doping these SiAlONs with rare-earths adds luminescent functionality, which could be applied in photovoltaics. By using a combinatorial reactive sputtering approach, an amorphous thin film composition library with a Si:Al ratio from 0:062 : 1 to 3:375 : 1 and a Eu doping from 4:8 at:% to 26 at:% is created. This library uniquely combines high absorption, strong emission and absence of light scattering. By combining position-dependent EDX measurements with transmission and emission spectra, properties like the index of refraction, absorption strength, emission wavelength and decay times of the library can directly be related to the composition. Throughout the library, an index of refraction of 1:63 ± 0:03 is observed, typical for a film with low nitrogen content. The library also shows a large absorption coefficient of 1294 ± 8 cm?1 at:%?1. Laser-excited emission spectra show that the library has a strong redshift from 500 nm to 550 nm with increasing Al concentration. An increase in Eu concentration also causes a shift of the emission to red. Decay spectra show that a high degree of Si greatly improves the luminescence intensity. These functionalized SiAlON coatings can be of great interest for transparent and scatter-free luminescent solar concentrators applied as windows.
关键词： Combinatorial Science,SiAlON,Sputter Deposition,Solar-Conversion
更新于2025-11-14 15:30:11