Engineering of bionic Fe/Mo bimetallene for boosting the photocatalytic nitrogen reduction performance.

J Colloid Interface Sci

School of Microelectronics and Materials Engineering, Guangxi University of Science and Technology, Liuzhou 545006, China; Quantum-Nano Matter and Device Lab, State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China. Electronic address:

Published: February 2022

The "FeMo cofactors" in biological nitrogenase play a decisive role in nitrogen reduction. Herein, a novel bionic Fe/Mo bimetallene was applied in photocatalytic nitrogen reduction. The surface coating Fe/Mo bimetallene of BiMoWO (BMWO) nanocrystals could effectively promote the separation and transportation of photogenerated carriers by multi-electron redox reactions and deliver 2.8 times longer photo-carrier lifetime. Consequently, the nitrogen fixation activity of Fe/Mo bimetallene-coated BMWO nanocrystal photocatalyst was obviously enhanced (218.93 μmol gh), which was about 4.8 times that of unmodified BMWO nanocrystals. This work provides a novel approach to design bionic Fe/Mo bimetallene-modified inorganic semiconductor photocatalysts for nitrogen reduction.

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