Robust hybrid bismuth perovskites as potential photocatalysts for overall water splitting

Antonio J. Chacón-García; Herme G. Baldovi; Artem A. Babaryk; Antonio Rodríguez-Diéguez; Sergio Navalón; Yolanda Pérez; Hermenegildo García; Patricia Horcajada

doi:10.1007/s12274-023-6254-1

Nano Research 2024, 17(5): 4593-4601 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-6254-1

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Robust hybrid bismuth perovskites as potential photocatalysts for overall water splitting

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Antonio J. Chacón-García^¹, Herme G. Baldovi^², Artem A. Babaryk^¹, Antonio Rodríguez-Diéguez^³, Sergio Navalón^², Yolanda Pérez^{¹^,⁴}(

), Hermenegildo García^⁵(

), Patricia Horcajada^¹(

)

1Advanced Porous Materials Unit, IMDEA Energy Institute, Avda. Ramón y Cajal 3, 28935 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain

2Departamento de Química, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 València, Spain

3Departamento Química Inorgánica, Universidad de Granada, 1807, Granada, Spain

4Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica. ESCET. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain

5Instituto de tecnología química CSIC-UPV, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), 46022, Spain

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photocatalysis, thin films, overall water splitting, green hydrogen, bismuth-based hybrid perovskites

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Hydrogen production

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Chacón-García AJ, Baldovi HG, Babaryk AA, et al. Robust hybrid bismuth perovskites as potential photocatalysts for overall water splitting. Nano Research, 2024, 17(5): 4593-4601. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-6254-1

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Organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites have gained great attention as promising photocatalysts for hydrogen generation. However, due to their poor stability in water, the use of aqueous hydrohalic acid solutions is specifically required for an efficient hydrogen evolution. Herein, three novel photoactive lead-free hybrid perovskites based on bismuth and triazolium cations (denoted as IEF-15, IEF-16, and IEF-17 (IEF stands for IMDEA energy frameworks)) were synthesized and fully characterized (structural, compositional, optical, etc.). Further, these solids were proposed as photocatalysts for the challenging gas phase overall water splitting (OWS) reaction. Accordingly, IEF-16 thin films exhibited a remarkable photocatalytic activity in both H₂ and O₂ evolution, as a consequence of its appropriate bandgap and energy-band alignment, achieving hydrogen evolution rates of 846 and 360 ${μ m o l \cdot g}_{H_{2}}^{- 1}$ after 24 h under ultraviolet–visible (UV–vis) irradiation or simulated solar irradiation, respectively. This study additionally highlights the remarkable structural and photochemical stability of IEF-16 under different operational conditions (i.e. water volume, irradiation and temperature), paving the way for green hydrogen production from OWS using perovskite-based photocatalysts.

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Robust hybrid bismuth perovskites as potential photocatalysts for overall water splitting

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Antonio J. Chacón-García^¹, Herme G. Baldovi^², Artem A. Babaryk^¹, Antonio Rodríguez-Diéguez^³, Sergio Navalón^², Yolanda Pérez^{¹^,⁴}(

), Hermenegildo García^⁵(

), Patricia Horcajada^¹(

)

1Advanced Porous Materials Unit, IMDEA Energy Institute, Avda. Ramón y Cajal 3, 28935 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain

2Departamento de Química, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 València, Spain

3Departamento Química Inorgánica, Universidad de Granada, 1807, Granada, Spain

4Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica. ESCET. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain

5Instituto de tecnología química CSIC-UPV, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), 46022, Spain

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Keywords: photocatalysis, thin films, overall water splitting, green hydrogen, bismuth-based hybrid perovskites

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Received: 28 July 2023

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A. J. C.-G., Y. P., and P. H. acknowledge the National MICIU project Retos “MOFseidon” (No. PID2019-104228RB-I00), Strategic Projects Oriented to Ecological Transition and Digital Transition “H2-MOF” (No. TED2021-132092B-C21) and MADRID-PV2-CM/ EMT-4308 project from Comunidad de Madrid. S.N. thanks the support of grant (No. PID2021-123856OBI00) funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by ERDF A way of making Europe.