Internal electric fields enable piezocatalytic H2O2 production in BiOCl/carbon nitride oligomer heterostructures
Peiyuan Cheng1, Zhiyuan He1, Anran Li1,2
1Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Centre of Water Treatment Processes and Materials, College of Environment and Climate, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, China. zhumingshan@jnu.edu.cn.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|July 14, 2026
Abstract:
Modulating internal electric fields is a promising strategy for enhancing piezocatalytic performance. In this study, BiOCl/carbon nitride oligomer heterostructures were constructed to achieve synergistic enhancement of carrier dynamics and surface catalysis, enabling efficient oxygen reduction towards H2O2 with a production rate of 1566.4 µmol g-1 h-1.
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