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April 18, 2026Chemical Communications0 citations

Reversible Cu+/Cu2+ Cycles Enable Enhanced Carrier Separation for Efficient Photocatalytic Ammonia Synthesis

WSWeiwei ShaoYYYou YangYSYang Shen

Key Points

  • The research aims to improve charge separation in photocatalytic processes by utilizing a reversible copper cycling strategy.
  • Developed a cycling strategy for Cu+/Cu2+ to enhance electron extraction.
  • Selected Cu-doped BiVO4 with a tunable Cu+/Cu2+ ratio as the primary material.
  • Analyzed charge separation efficiency and its impact on photocatalytic ammonia synthesis.
  • Achieved higher charge separation efficiency in photocatalytic processes.
  • Observed increased ammonia synthesis rates due to enhanced carrier dynamics.

Abstract

A reversible Cu+/Cu2+ cycling strategy is developed to enhance the extraction of photoexcited electrons. Cu-doped BiVO4 with an adjustable Cu+/Cu2+ ratio is selected as the prototype. The charge separation efficiency...

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Shao et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e3205140886becb653f65ahttps://doi.org/10.1039/d6cc01839d
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