Surface-adsorbed ions on TiO2 nanosheets for selective photocatalytic CO2 reduction

Nano Research - Tập 11 - Trang 3362-3370 - 2018
Xiaogang Li1, Wentuan Bi1, Zhe Wang2, Wenguang Zhu2, Wangsheng Chu3, Changzheng Wu1, Yi Xie1
1Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), and CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
2International Center for Quantum Design of Functional Materials (ICQD), Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale (HFNL), Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, and Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
3National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

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A method based on the adsorption of ions on the surface of two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets has been developed for photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Isolated Bi ions, confined on the surface of TiO2 nanosheets using a simple ionic adsorption method facilitate the formation of a built-in electric field that effectively promotes charge carrier separation. This leads to an improved performance of the photocatalytic CO2 reduction process with the preferred conversion to CH4. The proposed surface ion-adsorption method is expected to provide an effective approach for the design of highly efficient photocatalytic systems. These findings could be very valuable in photocatalytic CO2 reduction applications.

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Nano Research

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3362-3370

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