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Seeking highly-efficient, non-pollutant, and chemically robust photocatalysts for visible-light-driven ammonia production still remained challenging, especially in pure water. The key bottle-necks closely correlate to the nitrogen activation, water oxidization, and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) processes. In this study, a novel Bi decorated imine-linked COF-TaTp (Bi/COF-TaTp) through N-Bi-O coordination is reasonably designed to achieve a boosting solar-to-ammonia conversion of 61 mu mol(-1) g(-1) h(-1) in the sacrificial-free system. On basis of serial characterizations and DFT calculations, the incorporated Bi is conducive to the acceleration of charge carriers transfer and N-2 activation through the donation and back-donation mode. The N-2 adsorption energy of 5% Bi/COF-TaTp is calculated to be -0.19 eV in comparison with -0.09 eV of the pure COF-TaTp and the electron exchange between N-2 and the modified catalyst is much more intensive. Moreover, the accompanied hydrogen production process is effectively inhibited by Bi modification, demonstrated by the higher energy barrier for HER over Bi/COF-TaTp (2.62 eV) than the pure COF-TaTp (2.31 eV) when using H binding free energy (Delta G(H*)) as a descriptor. This work supplies novel insights for the design of photocatalysts for N-2 reduction and intensifies the understanding of N-2 adsorption and activation over covalent organic frameworks-based materials.
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ISSN: 1613-6810
Year: 2022
Issue: 7
Volume: 19
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JCR@2022
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JCR@2023
ESI Discipline: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
ESI HC Threshold:91
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:1
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WoS CC Cited Count: 12
SCOPUS Cited Count: 14
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 1
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