Synergistic surface charge channel and oxygen vacancy engineering in Sillén–Aurivillius Bi<sub>7</sub>Fe<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>17</sub>Cl oxyhalides using <i>in situ</i> Ag clusters for boosting photocatalytic activity
Yunxiang Zhang, Zhichao Mu, Chenliang Zhou, Hazem Abdelsalam, Xingmeng Zhou, Lin Shi, Zhili Chen, Yiran Liang, Zhongjie Wang, Qinfang Zhang
Abstract
Silver (Ag)-cluster-decorated novel Sillén–Aurivillius oxyhalides (Bi 7 Fe 2 Ti 2 O 17 Cl) with abundant oxygen vacancies (OVs) were successfully synthesized to achieve efficient light absorption and interfacial charge separation.
Topics & Concepts
PhotocatalysisAurivilliusSillIn situMaterials scienceOxygenBoosting (machine learning)Chemical engineeringNanotechnologyChemistryGeologyOptoelectronicsGeochemistryComputer scienceEngineeringFerroelectricityCatalysisBiochemistryDielectricOrganic chemistryMachine learningAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCatalysis and Oxidation ReactionsElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides