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We have systematically investigated the electronic structures and activation capacities of BiOBr {001} facets with different atomic terminations by means of DFT methods. Our calculations reveal that oxygen vacancies (OVs) give a significant boost in band edges of the O-terminated BiOBr {001} facets, and excess electrons induced by OVs could exceed the reduction potentials of high-energy N-2 intermediates. Interestingly, the Bi-terminated BiOBr {001} facets may be good candidates for photocatalytic nitrogen fixation due to the stronger activation ability of N-2 molecules comparing with O-terminated BiOBr {001} facets with OVs. Moreover, the Bi-terminated BiOBr {001} facets may tend to yield NH3 instead of N2H4.
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CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL
ISSN: 1861-4728
Year: 2018
Issue: 7
Volume: 13
Page: 799-808
3 . 6 9 8
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3 . 5 0 0
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ESI Discipline: CHEMISTRY;
ESI HC Threshold:209
JCR Journal Grade:2
CAS Journal Grade:3
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WoS CC Cited Count: 24
SCOPUS Cited Count: 22
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