Cation vacancy activating surface neighboring sites for efficient CO<sub>2</sub>photoreduction on Bi<sub>4</sub>Ti<sub>3</sub>O<sub>12</sub>nanosheets
Lizhen Liu, Jingcong Hu, Ben Lei, Hongwei Huang, Yue Lu
Abstract
Cationic vacancy is proved to activate surface neighboring sites for promoting the CO 2 photoreduction of Bi 4 Ti 3 O 12 nanosheets, which renders a high CO evolution rate of 15.17 μmol g −1 h −1 , ∼5 times enhancement compared with the pristine Bi 4 Ti 3 O 12 .
Topics & Concepts
Vacancy defectCationic polymerizationMaterials scienceCrystallographyChemistryPolymer chemistryAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides