摘要：光电化学(PEC)分解水是一种清洁可持续的获取氢燃料的方法,其中产氧半反应(OER)是制约整个水分解过程效率的关键步骤.因此,光阳极的性能是决定太阳能到氢能转化效率的关键因素.在各种水氧化光阳极材料中,赤铁矿(α-Fe_(2)O_(3))因具有良好的化学稳定性、合适的带隙(~2.1 eV)、无毒、储量丰富等优点而成为最有前途的光阳极材料之一.然而,α-Fe_(2)O_(3)丰富的受体表面态和缓慢的水氧化动力学导致光生电荷复合严重,限制了其在光电化学中的实际应用.因此,有必要对α-Fe_(2)O_(3)进行表面工程设计以提高水氧化效率.本文提出了一种新方法,以金属有机框架(Ti-MOFs)为模板,在Ti-Fe_(2)O_(3)表面煅烧合成TiO_(2)层,然后将富活性位点的ZIF-67加载在TiO_(2)/Ti-Fe_(2)O_(3)上作为助催化剂,制备出具有较好光电化学性能的ZIF-67/TiO_(2)/Ti-Fe_(2)O_(3)复合光阳极.X射线衍射、高分辨透射电镜、X射线光电子能谱和拉曼光谱等表征结果证实成功合成了ZIF-67/TiO_(2)/Ti-Fe_(2)O_(3).同时,氮气等温吸附脱附曲线和表面接触角测试结果表明,MOFs衍生的TiO_(2)为介孔材料.采用表面光伏技术、光致发光光谱、飞秒-瞬态吸收光谱和电化学阻抗谱分析,研究了光生电荷的分离和复合行为.结果表明,MOFs衍生的TiO_(2)不仅可以作为钝化层有效抑制了表面复合,还作为Ti-Fe_(2)O_(3)的电子阻挡层,显著减少了电子向表面的流失,从而大大提高了Ti-Fe_(2)O_(3)表面和体相的电荷分离效率.进一步的累积电荷量测试、电化学阻抗谱和Bode图分析显示,负载MOFs衍生TiO_(2)后,可以明显促进光生空穴向电解质的注入,其多孔结构也可以增加反应接触面积,这有利于光生电荷在固液界面传输.此外,理论计算结果表明,Ti-Fe_(2)O_(3)水氧化速控步骤的能垒(ΔG=3.38 eV)明显高于TiO_(2)(ΔG=1.67 eV),说明OER更容易在TiO_(2)/Ti-Fe_(2)O_(3)表面发生,这与其光电流密度结果一致.为进一步提高反应活性和加快水氧化动力学,负载助催化剂ZIF-67后,ZIF-67/TiO_(2)/Ti-Fe_(2)O_(3)复合光阳极实现了较好的光电化学性能,其在1.23 V ***时光电流密度高达4.04 mA cm^(‒2),是Ti-Fe_(2)O_(3)的9.3倍,并且复合光阳极的入射光子电流转换效率和空穴注入效率分别达到93%(390 nm)和91%.综上所述,本研究通过MOFs衍生的TiO_(2)和ZIF-67助催化剂改性α-Fe_(2)O_(3)光阳极,显著提升了其光电化学水氧化性能.其中,MOFs衍生TiO_(2)不仅优化了电荷分离,还促进了光生空穴的注入,从而显著提高其光电化学水氧化性能.本研究为构筑高性能的有机-无机杂化光阳极提供了新思路.

摘要：Z-scheme photocatalytic system has been regarded as a popular field of research in photoelectrochemical(PEC)water *** the many obstacles facing a Z-scheme photocatalytic system,the analysis methods of interfacial Z-scheme charge transfer still remain a significant ***,in this study,CdS/Ti-Fe_(2)O_(3)heterojunction photoanodes are elaborately designed to explore the charge-transfer behavior in PEC water *** this study,photophysical measurements,including the Kelvin probe measurement,surface photovoltage spectroscopy(SPV),and transient photovoltage spectroscopy(TPV),are used to monitor the migration behavior of photogenerated charges at the interface electric field of CdS/Ti-Fe_(2)O_(3)Z-scheme heterojunction *** Kelvin probe and SPV measurements demonstrate that CdS/Ti-Fe_(2)O_(3)interfacial driving force favors the rapid transfer of photoexcited electrons to *** double-beam strategy based on TPV indicates that more electrons of Ti-Fe_(2)O_(3)are combined with the holes of CdS owing to the intensive interface electric *** results of these measurements successfully prove the Z-scheme migration mechanism of CdS/Ti-Fe_(2)O_(3)*** from the desirable charge transfer at the interface electric field,CdS/Ti-Fe_(2)O_(3)photoanodes exhibit superior photocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction performance compared with that of pure Ti-Fe_(2)O_(3).The photocurrent density of the 25CdS/Ti-Fe_(2)O_(3)photoanode reaches 1.94 mA/cm^(2) at 1.23 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode without excess cocatalyst,and it is two times higher than that of pure Ti-Fe_(2)O_(3)***,an outstanding strategy is provided in this study to prove the Z-scheme charge-transfer mechanism of photocatalytic systems in PEC water splitting.