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BiVO4/Bi2S3 heterojunction decorated by Pt and FeOOH double cocatalysts to enhance photoelectrochemical degradation of Rhodamine B

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The performance of photoelectrochemical (PEC) degradation is mainly influenced by the efficient separation and transfer of photogenerated charge carriers and the excellent light absorption properties of photoelectrodes. Therefore, the Pt/BiVO4/Bi2S3/FeOOH photoelectrode was firstly designed for improving PEC degradation performance by combining the cooperative action of double cocatalysts and BiVO4/Bi2S3 heterojunction. As expected, the Pt/BiVO4/Bi2S3/FeOOH photoelectrode exhibits an improved photocurrent of 4.35 mA/cm2 with 1.23 V vs. RHE under visible light in a 0.2 M Na2SO4 electrolyte with 5 mg/L Rhodamine B (RhB), which is about 11.1 times than pristine BiVO4. Meanwhile, the efficient PEC degradation of 91% was obtained of Pt/BiVO4/Bi2S3/FeOOH. These results indicate BiVO4/Bi2S3 heterojunctions inhibit charge recombination due to the driving effect of different energy effects and Bi2S3 displays a light collector for abundant light absorption; subsequently, the double cocatalysts of Pt and FeOOH were accepted to accelerate carrier separation and improve photoelectrode stability. This research may inspire the rational combination of double cocatalysts to synergistic enhance semiconductors heterojunction in PEC degradation performance.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52073200), Science Funds of Tianjin for Distinguished Young Scholar (No. 17JCJQJC44800), Key Research and Development Plan of Tianjin (No. 19YFSLQY00020), Tianjin Science and technology planning project (21YDTPJC00730).

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    Mengnan Ruan, E. Lei & Zhifeng Liu

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by MR, EL, WN and ZL. The first draft of the manuscript was written by MM and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Ma, M., Ruan, M., Nie, W. et al. BiVO4/Bi2S3 heterojunction decorated by Pt and FeOOH double cocatalysts to enhance photoelectrochemical degradation of Rhodamine B. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 299 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-09555-1

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