AgPO 晶体的可控制备及其各晶面对光学性质、光催化活性和电导率的影响研究。
Synthesis of AgPO Crystals with Tunable Shapes for Facet-Dependent Optical Property, Photocatalytic Activity, and Electrical Conductivity Examinations.
机构信息
Department of Chemistry, ‡Interdisciplinary Program of Sciences, and §Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University , Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
出版信息
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2017 Nov 8;9(44):39086-39093. doi: 10.1021/acsami.7b13941. Epub 2017 Oct 27.
This work has developed conditions for the synthesis of AgPO cubes, rhombic dodecahedra, {100}-truncated rhombic dodecahedra, tetrahedra, and tetrapods by tuning the amount of NHNO, NaOH, AgNO, and KHPO solutions added. Use of a minimal amount of AgNO solution can form much smaller rhombic dodecahedra and tetrahedra. Submicrometer-sized AgPO cubes and rhombic dodecahedra with sizes larger than 300 nm do not exhibit the optical size effect, but ∼290 nm rhombic dodecahedra show a smaller band gap value than larger cubes, and tetrahedra show the most blue-shifted absorption edge. The optical facet effect is present in AgPO crystals. AgPO cubes are more photocatalytically active than rhombic dodecahedra toward photodegradation of methyl orange, but tetrahedra are inactive, showing clear presence of photocatalytic facet effects. Electron paramagnetic resonance results confirm much higher production of hydroxyl radicals from photoirradiated AgPO cubes than from rhombic dodecahedra, while tetrahedra yield essentially no radicals. A modified band diagram showing different degrees of band edge bending can explain these observations. All these AgPO crystals show poor electrical conductivity properties, but the {110} faces are slightly more conductive than the {100} faces. As a result, current rectifying I-V curves have been obtained, demonstrating that facet-dependent electrical properties are broadly observable in many semiconductor materials. This work reveals again that facet-dependent optical, photocatalytic, and electrical conductivity properties are intrinsic semiconductor properties.
这项工作通过调节加入的 NHNO、NaOH、AgNO 和 KHPO 溶液的量,为合成 AgPO 立方体、菱形十二面体、{100}截角菱形十二面体、四面体和四足体提供了条件。使用少量的 AgNO 溶液可以形成更小的菱形十二面体和四面体。亚微米尺寸的 AgPO 立方体和尺寸大于 300nm 的菱形十二面体不表现出光学尺寸效应,但约 290nm 的菱形十二面体的带隙值比大的立方体小,四面体表现出最蓝移的吸收边缘。光学面效应存在于 AgPO 晶体中。AgPO 立方体比菱形十二面体对甲基橙的光降解具有更高的光催化活性,但四面体则没有活性,表现出明显的光催化面效应。电子顺磁共振结果证实,光照下 AgPO 立方体产生的羟基自由基比菱形十二面体多得多,而四面体几乎没有产生自由基。一个改进的能带图显示了不同程度的能带边缘弯曲,可以解释这些观察结果。所有这些 AgPO 晶体都表现出较差的电导率性质,但{110}面比{100}面略具有导电性。因此,获得了电流整流 I-V 曲线,证明了在许多半导体材料中广泛存在着与面有关的电特性。这项工作再次表明,与面有关的光学、光催化和电导率性质是半导体的固有性质。