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Nano Research 2022, 15(7): 5962-5969 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4271-0
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Controllable synthesized step-scheme heterojunction of CuBi2O4 decorated WO3 plates for visible-light-driven CO2 reduction

Show Author's Information Weina Shi1,3,  Ji-Chao Wang2,4( ),  Xiaowei Guo1,3,  Xiu Qiao2,  Fang Liu1,  Renlong Li2,  Wanqing Zhang2,  Yuxia Hou2,  Huijuan Han2( )
School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453000, China
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453000, China
Henan Photoelectrocatalytic Material and Micro-Nano Application Technology Academician Workstation, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 450003, China
College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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photocatalyst, CuBi2O4, CO2 reduction , WO3 plate , step-scheme (S-scheme)
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Shi W, Wang J-C, Guo X, et al. Controllable synthesized step-scheme heterojunction of CuBi2O4 decorated WO3 plates for visible-light-driven CO2 reduction. Nano Research, 2022, 15(7): 5962-5969. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4271-0
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Rational design and construction of step-scheme (S-scheme) photocatalyst has received much attention in the field of CO2 reduction because of its great potential to solve the current energy and environmental crises. In this study, a series of plate-like WO3/CuBi2O4 (WO/CBO) photocatalysts were synthesized. The CO and CH4 yields over optimal composite reached 1,115.8 and 67.2 µmol/m2 after 9 h visible light illumination (λ > 400 nm), which was higher than those of two pure catalysts in CO 2 photoreduction. The product yields slightly decreased in the 7th cycling. Besides, the staggered band structure of heterojunction was characterized by diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) and valence band-X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (VB-XPS), and a S-scheme charge transfer mechanism was verified by detecting electron spin resonance (ESR) and XPS result about surface composition of WO/CBO catalyst in dark or light. This work may be useful for rational designing of S-scheme photocatalyst and provides some illuminating insights into the S-scheme transfer mechanism.


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Controllable synthesized step-scheme heterojunction of CuBi2O4 decorated WO3 plates for visible-light-driven CO2 reduction

Show Author's information Weina Shi1,3, Ji-Chao Wang2,4( ), Xiaowei Guo1,3, Xiu Qiao2, Fang Liu1, Renlong Li2, Wanqing Zhang2, Yuxia Hou2, Huijuan Han2( )
School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453000, China
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453000, China
Henan Photoelectrocatalytic Material and Micro-Nano Application Technology Academician Workstation, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 450003, China
College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China

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Rational design and construction of step-scheme (S-scheme) photocatalyst has received much attention in the field of CO2 reduction because of its great potential to solve the current energy and environmental crises. In this study, a series of plate-like WO3/CuBi2O4 (WO/CBO) photocatalysts were synthesized. The CO and CH4 yields over optimal composite reached 1,115.8 and 67.2 µmol/m2 after 9 h visible light illumination (λ > 400 nm), which was higher than those of two pure catalysts in CO 2 photoreduction. The product yields slightly decreased in the 7th cycling. Besides, the staggered band structure of heterojunction was characterized by diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) and valence band-X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (VB-XPS), and a S-scheme charge transfer mechanism was verified by detecting electron spin resonance (ESR) and XPS result about surface composition of WO/CBO catalyst in dark or light. This work may be useful for rational designing of S-scheme photocatalyst and provides some illuminating insights into the S-scheme transfer mechanism.

Keywords: photocatalyst, CuBi2O4, CO2 reduction , WO3 plate , step-scheme (S-scheme)

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Received: 10 November 2021
Revised: 28 January 2022
Accepted: 23 February 2022
Published: 20 April 2022
Issue date: July 2022

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This work was supported by the financial supports of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51802082 and 51903073), Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province (No. 212300410221), Program for Science & Technology Innovation Talents in Universities of Henan Province (No. 21HATIT016), Key Scientific Research Project of Colleges and Universities in Henan Province (Nos. 21A430030 and 20A150017), Key Scientific and Technological Project of Henan Province (Nos. 222102320100, 212102210473, and 212102210178), National College Student Innovantion and Entrepreneurship Training (No. 202110467024), and “Climbing” Project of Henan Institute of Science and Technology (No. 2018CG04).

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