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Wei Y, He C, Ullah N, Cao Y, Zhuang C, Wang B, Wang J, Hu Z, Ma D, Ye W, Jing H. Leaf-like MS X/TiN heterojunction photocathodes mimicking plant cell - An effective strategy to enhance photoelectrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction and systematic mechanism investigation. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 678:1-12. [PMID: 39276683 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.09.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2024] [Revised: 09/09/2024] [Accepted: 09/10/2024] [Indexed: 09/17/2024]
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Semiconductors, such as metal oxides and metal sulfides (MSX), are widely investigated as effectively catalytic materials to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) and water into chemicals under simulated solar light. These valuable investigations might address both the energy crisis and climate change in our modern society. Herein, a novel strategy to construct leaf-like heterojunctions of VS-ZnIn2S4/TiN-x is reported. The new semiconductor heterojunctions were then applied to photoelectrocatalytic CO2 reduction, achieving excellent performance (formate formation rate of 1173.2 μM h-1 cm-2) attributed to the plant cell-like morphology and enhanced electron mobility from the heterojunction interfaces to the active sites on the surface. Our findings suggest that titanium nitride (TiN) with good conductivity can improve the photoelectrocatalytic ability of MSX through heterojunction construction. The photocathode VS-ZnIn2S4/TiN-3 exhibits 81.0 % selectivity toward C2 products by optimizing the material structure and reaction conditions. According to the systematic investigation of operando Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra, common intermediates such as *COO-, *COOH, *CO, *CHO, *COCHO, and *COCH3 reported in the literature were carefully verified. Among these, the carbene specie serve as the key intermediate responsible for generating other intermediates and resulting in all products.
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- Yan Wei
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, PR China
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- College of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, PR China
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- College of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, PR China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, PR China.
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Wei Y, Duan R, Zhang Q, Cao Y, Wang J, Wang B, Wan W, Liu C, Chen J, Gao H, Jing H. Photoelectrocatalytic reduction of CO2 catalyzed by TiO2/TiN nanotube heterojunction: Nitrogen assisted active hydrogen mechanism. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(23)64395-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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Ma X, Tian J, Wang M, Jin X, Shen M, Zhang L. Metal–organic framework derived carbon supported Cu–In nanoparticles for highly selective CO 2 electroreduction to CO. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy00843a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The designed Cu–In bimetal exhibits much higher CO2-to-CO selectivity than monometallic Cu and In.
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- Xia Ma
- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Ding-xi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Ding-xi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Ding-xi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Ding-xi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Ding-xi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Ding-xi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Sub-lane Xiangshan, Hangzhou 310024, P. R. China
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Aranda-Aguirre A, Ojeda J, Ferreira de Brito J, Garcia-Segura S, Boldrin Zanoni MV, Alarcon H. Photoelectrodes of Cu2O with interfacial structure of topological insulator Bi2Se3 contributes to selective photoelectrocatalytic reduction of CO2 towards methanol. J CO2 UTIL 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2020.101154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Balamurugan M, Jeong HY, Choutipalli VSK, Hong JS, Seo H, Saravanan N, Jang JH, Lee KG, Lee YH, Im SW, Subramanian V, Kim SH, Nam KT. Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO 2 to Ethylene by Molecular Cu-Complex Immobilized on Graphitized Mesoporous Carbon. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e2000955. [PMID: 32468643 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202000955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2020] [Revised: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) to hydrocarbons is a challenging task because of the issues in controlling the efficiency and selectivity of the products. Among the various transition metals, copper has attracted attention as it yields more reduced and C2 products even while using mononuclear copper center as catalysts. In addition, it is found that reversible formation of copper nanoparticle acts as the real catalytically active site for the conversion of CO2 to reduced products. Here, it is demonstrated that the dinuclear molecular copper complex immobilized over graphitized mesoporous carbon can act as catalysts for the conversion of CO2 to hydrocarbons (methane and ethylene) up to 60%. Interestingly, high selectivity toward C2 product (40% faradaic efficiency) is achieved by a molecular complex based hybrid material from CO2 in 0.1 m KCl. In addition, the role of local pH, porous structure, and carbon support in limiting the mass transport to achieve the highly reduced products is demonstrated. Although the spectroscopic analysis of the catalysts exhibits molecular nature of the complex after 2 h bulk electrolysis, morphological study reveals that the newly generated copper cluster is the real active site during the catalytic reactions.
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- Mani Balamurugan
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Laboratory, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai, 600 020, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-CLRI Campus, Chennai, 600020, India
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Laboratory, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai, 600 020, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-CLRI Campus, Chennai, 600020, India
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- Western Seoul Center, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), 150, Bukahyeon-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 120-140, Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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Photoelectrocatalytic CO2 reduction to ethanol via graphite-supported and functionalized TiO2 nanowires photocathode. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2020.112368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Dong Y, Nie R, Wang J, Yu X, Tu P, Chen J, Jing H. Photoelectrocatalytic CO2 reduction based on metalloporphyrin-modified TiO2 photocathode. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(19)63375-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Non-fossil CO2 recycling—The technical potential for the present and future utilization for fuels in Germany. J CO2 UTIL 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2019.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Wu X, Lan D, Zhang R, Pang F, Ge J. Fabrication of Opaline ZnO Photonic Crystal Film and Its Slow-Photon Effect on Photoreduction of Carbon Dioxide. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:194-202. [PMID: 30520643 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Monodisperse ZnO particles with adjustable size have been produced on a large scale by two-step seeding-growth polyol reactions. Through spin coating of supersaturated ZnO/diethylene glycol solution and evaporation of solvent, opaline ZnO photonic crystal (PC) film with good crystallinity and uniform photonic structures can be prepared from these ZnO particles. Compared with a disorderly stacked ZnO film, the ZnO PC film shows a higher activity in photocatalytic reduction of CO2 due to the generated slow photons at the edge of the photonic band gap and their promotion to the light absorption. When the electronic band gap of ZnO matches the red edge of the photonic band gap of ZnO PC, the enhancement factor of photocatalytic activity represented by CO evolution can be maximized to 2.64-fold in the current experiment. Compared to the traditional inverse opal photocatalysts, the opaline ZnO photocatalysts are prepared by simplified and scalable procedures, and they still possess the same enhancement in activity compared to ZnO without the photonic structure, which might be broadly used in solar energy utilization, environment protection, and many other green chemical processes in the future.
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- Xiaojie Wu
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , East China Normal University , Shanghai 200062 , China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , East China Normal University , Shanghai 200062 , China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , East China Normal University , Shanghai 200062 , China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , East China Normal University , Shanghai 200062 , China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , East China Normal University , Shanghai 200062 , China
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Han B, Wang J, Yan C, Dong Y, Xu Y, Nie R, Jing H. The photoelectrocatalytic CO2 reduction on TiO2@ZnO heterojunction by tuning the conduction band potential. Electrochim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.07.216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Photoelectrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to Chemicals via ZnO@Nickel Foam: Controlling C–C Coupling by Ligand or Morphology. Top Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11244-018-1018-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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