N-doping TiO2 hollow microspheres with abundant oxygen vacancies for highly photocatalytic nitrogen fixation

Author(s):  
Chang Li ◽  
Meng Zhen Gu ◽  
Ming Ming Gao ◽  
Ke Ning Liu ◽  
Xin Yu Zhao ◽  
...  
Materials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Xu ◽  
Haiying Wang ◽  
Zhongpo Zhou ◽  
Zhaorui Zou

In this work, undoped, N-doped, WO3-loaded undoped, and WO3-loaded with N-doped TiO2 rutile single-crystal wafers were fabricated by direct current (DC) magnetron sputtering. N-doping into TiO2 and WO3 loading onto TiO2 surface were used to increase and decrease oxygen vacancies. Various measurements were conducted to analyze the structural and magnetic properties of the samples. X-ray diffraction results showed that the N-doping and WO3 loading did not change the phase of all samples. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results revealed that W element loaded onto rutile single-crystal wafers existed in the form of WO3. UV-Vis spectrometer results showed that the absorption edge of WO3-loaded undoped and WO3-loaded with N-doped TiO2 rutile single-crystal wafers had red shift, resulting in a slight decrease in the corresponding band gap. Photoluminescence spectra indicated that oxygen vacancies existed in all samples due to the postannealing atmosphere, and oxygen vacancies density increased with N-doping, while decreasing with WO3 loading onto TiO2 surface. The magnetic properties of the samples were investigated, and the saturation magnetization values were in the order N-doped > WO3-loaded with N-doped > undoped > WO3-loaded undoped rutile single-crystal wafers, which was the same order as the oxygen vacancy densities of these samples. N-doping improved the saturation magnetization values, while WO3-loaded decreased the saturation magnetization values. This paper reveals that the magnetic properties of WO3-loaded with N-doped rutile single-crystal wafers originate from oxygen vacancies.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 5865-5873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke Chu ◽  
Yong-hua Cheng ◽  
Qing-qing Li ◽  
Ya-ping Liu ◽  
Ye Tian

Fe-doping induced synergetic effects, including the morphological change of crystalline CeO2 to partial-amorphous nanosheets, enriched O-vacancies and active Ce3+–Ce3+ pairs, were all responsible for the significantly enhanced NRR activity of Fe-CeO2.


2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (28) ◽  
pp. 12430-12439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peishen Li ◽  
Ziang Zhou ◽  
Qiang Wang ◽  
Ming Guo ◽  
Shaowei Chen ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 455-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-biao Li ◽  
Ya-ping Liu ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Ya-li Guo ◽  
Ke Chu

Plasma technique can readily create the enriched oxygen vacancies which enable the NiO to be an active and durable catalyst for electrocatalytic fixation of N2 to NH3.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhong-Liang Zeng

For the propose of considering the actual situation of electronic neutral, a simulation has been down on the basis of choosing the position of dual N and researching the oxygen vacancy. It is found that the reason why crystal material gets smaller is due to the emergence of impurity levels. By introducing the oxygen vacancy to the structure, the results show that while the oxygen vacancy is near the two nitrogen atoms which have a back to back position, its energy gets the lowest level and its structure gets the most stable state. From its energy band structure and density, the author finds that the impurity elements do not affect the migration of Fermi level while the oxygen vacancy has been increased. Instead of that, the conduction band of metal atoms moves to the Fermi level and then forms the N-type semiconductor material, but the photocatalytic activity is not as good as the dual N-doping state.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 8394-8398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nan Zhang ◽  
Leigang Li ◽  
Qi Shao ◽  
Ting Zhu ◽  
Xiaoqing Huang ◽  
...  

Langmuir ◽  
2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhixiong Yang ◽  
Jiquan Wang ◽  
Junting Wang ◽  
Meng Li ◽  
Qiang Cheng ◽  
...  

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