Electric-Field-Driven Redistribution of Carriers on Catalyst Particles to Improve Photocatalytic Performance
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Abstract
The photocatalytic performance is primarily determined by carrier separation efficiency. Applying electric fields to enhance carrier separation efficiency and thereby boost catalytic performance has emerged as a promising approach. However, the carrier behavior on catalyst particles under electric fields was still hardly acknowledged. Herein, using single-molecule fluorescence microscopy with high spatiotemporal resolution, the redistribution behavior of carriers on catalyst particles under an electric field was visualized for the first time, which was closely related to the direction and intensity of the electric field. Single-molecule kinetics of the photocatalytic redox reactions induced by carriers have been further obtained, and the results showed that the external electric field had an obvious regulating role in the conversion process and desorption process in this work, which was attributed to the dynamic redistribution of carriers. The improvement of photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity further supports the impact of the external electric field on photocatalysis. This work offers new insight into the microscopic regulation mechanism of photocatalytic activity by electric fields and provides new methods for studying the structure-activity relationship in photocatalytic processes.
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