Citation: ZHANG Wei, JIANG Hong-Quan. Controllable Synthesis of Ta₃N₅@Ta₂O₅ and Properties of Splitting Water into Hydrogen under Visible Light Irradiation[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2018, 34(9): 1591-1599. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.2018.198 shu

Controllable Synthesis of Ta₃N₅@Ta₂O₅ and Properties of Splitting Water into Hydrogen under Visible Light Irradiation

ZHANG Wei ^1,2 ,
JIANG Hong-Quan ^1,2,,

1.
Key Laboratory for Photonic and Electric Bandgap Materials, Ministry of Education, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China
2.
Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Green Catalysis, Colleges of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China

Corresponding author: JIANG Hong-Quan, h.q.jiang1119@163.com
Received Date: 11 February 2018
Revised Date: 11 June 2018

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Ta₃N₅@Ta₂O₅ nano-photocatalysts with shell-core heterojunction structure were successfully synthesized by a high-temperature ammonolysis of Ta₂O₅ nano-powders prepared by a hydrothermal method. Effects of nitridation temperature and nitridation time on surface composition, crystal plane structure, energy band structure, and carrier separation efficiency of the samples were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), N₂ adsorption-desorption test, UV-Vis diffused reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), and electrochemical measurements. Under the condition of ammonia flowing rate of 50 mL·min^-1 and nitriding temperature of 750℃, the bandgap structure of Ta₂O₅ samples could be controlled effectively between 3.86~2.08 eV, through transforming the phases from Ta₂O₅ to TaON@Ta₂O₅, and to Ta₃N₅@Ta₂O₅. When the nitriding temperature was elevated from 750 to 900℃, the bandgap energy of Ta₃N₅@Ta₂O₅ was further narrowed to be about 2.04 eV by 3 h nitridation. When the nitridation time was prolonged to 12 h, Ta₂O₅ was completely transformed into Ta₃N₅, of which the bandgap energy was further narrowed to 2.02 eV, by nitriding at 850℃. After nitriding at 850℃ for 3 h, the crystal plane of Ta₃N₅ shell gradually changed to the (110), and the sample possessed the highest carrier separation efficiency, on which optical H₂ evolution rate reaches 21.75 μmol·g^-1·h^-1 under visible light (λ>420 nm) irradiation.
- Ta₃N₅,
- Ta₂O₅,
- heterojunction,
- photocatalysis,
- water splitting,
- semiconductors,
- heterogeneous catalysis,
- charge transfer
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