New rare earth hafnium oxynitride perovskites with photocatalytic activity in water oxidation and reduction

RHfO2N perovskites with R = La, Nd and Sm show a GdFeO3-type structure and are semiconductors with band gaps of 3.35, 3.40 and 2.85 eV and relative dielectric constants of 30, 16 and 28 respectively. These compounds have adequate reduction and oxidation potentials to conduct the overall water splitt...

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Autores: Black, Ashley P., Suzuki, Hajime, Higashi, Masanobu, Frontera, Carlos, Ritter, Clemens, De, Chandan, Sundaresan, A., Abe, Ryu, Fuertes, Amparo
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/344251
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/344251
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85041998346
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Hafnium
Hafnium oxynitride perovskite
Perovskite
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Resumo:RHfO2N perovskites with R = La, Nd and Sm show a GdFeO3-type structure and are semiconductors with band gaps of 3.35, 3.40 and 2.85 eV and relative dielectric constants of 30, 16 and 28 respectively. These compounds have adequate reduction and oxidation potentials to conduct the overall water splitting reaction, and the analogous perovskite LaZrO2N with a band gap of 2.8 eV shows photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation for O2 evolution.