Inorganic carbon (HCO3-) was efficiently converted into acetate (204.4 ± 0.5 mM with a coulombic efficiency of 96 ± 3% over 24 days operation) in a photo-assisted microbial electrosynthesis system (MES) using a urea-treated MnFe2O4/g-C3N4 cathode and the nonphotosynthetic bacteria Serratia marcescens Q1. The remarkable photocatalytic performance of MnFe2O4/g-C3N4 heterojunction was resulted from the charge transfer mechanism switch (from type II to Z-scheme) induced by the synergistic effect of oxygen vacancies and pyrrolic N after urea treatment. The increased pyrrolic N was conductive to photoinduced electron transfer while the oxygen vacancies provided a higher fraction of surface-active sites for H2 evolution, which was metabolized in-situ with bicarbonate by S. marcescens Q1 to yield acetate via the Wood–Ljungdahl pathway. This study provides a simple and feasible strategy for switching the photocatalytic charge transfer in a spinel-based heterojunction and offers new insights for ingeniously synthesizing photocatalysts with high CO2 conversion in MES.

Kong W., Huang L., Quan X., Li Puma G. (2022). Synergistic induced charge transfer switch by oxygen vacancy and pyrrolic nitrogen in MnFe2O4/g-C3N4 heterojunctions for efficient transformation of bicarbonate to acetate in photo-assisted MES. APPLIED CATALYSIS. B, ENVIRONMENTAL, 307 [10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121214].

Synergistic induced charge transfer switch by oxygen vacancy and pyrrolic nitrogen in MnFe2O4/g-C3N4 heterojunctions for efficient transformation of bicarbonate to acetate in photo-assisted MES

Li Puma G.
2022-06-15

Abstract

Inorganic carbon (HCO3-) was efficiently converted into acetate (204.4 ± 0.5 mM with a coulombic efficiency of 96 ± 3% over 24 days operation) in a photo-assisted microbial electrosynthesis system (MES) using a urea-treated MnFe2O4/g-C3N4 cathode and the nonphotosynthetic bacteria Serratia marcescens Q1. The remarkable photocatalytic performance of MnFe2O4/g-C3N4 heterojunction was resulted from the charge transfer mechanism switch (from type II to Z-scheme) induced by the synergistic effect of oxygen vacancies and pyrrolic N after urea treatment. The increased pyrrolic N was conductive to photoinduced electron transfer while the oxygen vacancies provided a higher fraction of surface-active sites for H2 evolution, which was metabolized in-situ with bicarbonate by S. marcescens Q1 to yield acetate via the Wood–Ljungdahl pathway. This study provides a simple and feasible strategy for switching the photocatalytic charge transfer in a spinel-based heterojunction and offers new insights for ingeniously synthesizing photocatalysts with high CO2 conversion in MES.
15-giu-2022
Kong W., Huang L., Quan X., Li Puma G. (2022). Synergistic induced charge transfer switch by oxygen vacancy and pyrrolic nitrogen in MnFe2O4/g-C3N4 heterojunctions for efficient transformation of bicarbonate to acetate in photo-assisted MES. APPLIED CATALYSIS. B, ENVIRONMENTAL, 307 [10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121214].
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