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Current heterojunction photocatalysts suffer from sluggish charge transfer due to the discontinuous interfaces at an atomic level. Herein, we report a NiO-Co3O4 ultrathin lateral heterojunction using NiCo-based bimet-al-organic layers as precursors. The atomic-resolution images display a unique continuous semi-coherent interface between NiO and Co3O4. The experimental results confirm that the continuous semi-coherent in-terfaces effectively expedite the electron transfer from NiO to Co3O4. Concomitantly, the electron transfer raises d-band center of Co3O4 in NiO-Co3O4 toward Fermi level, as revealed by the density functional theory calcu-lations. As a result, the *COOH intermediate can be strongly bound on cobalt reactive centers. The successful modulation of charge transfer and intermediate binding by continuous semi-coherent interfaces leads to a remarkable gas yield of 22.67 mmol h-1 from photocatalytic CO2 reduction over NiO-Co3O4. This work high-lights the crucial roles of interface engineering in regulating carrier kinetics and surface reactions.
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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
ISSN: 0926-3373
Year: 2023
Volume: 331
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JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:1
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WoS CC Cited Count: 25
SCOPUS Cited Count: 20
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 1
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