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A core-satellite structured type II heterojunction photocatalyst with enhanced CO2 reduction under visible light

Show Author's Information Yuanyuan Cheng1,  Yixian Liu1,  Yunliang Liu1,  Yaxi Li1,  Ruqiang Wu1,  Yongchao Du1,  Najmeh Askari1,  Naiyun Liu1,  Fen Qiao1,  Chenghua Sun2( ),  Zhenhui Kang3( ),  Haitao Li1( )
Institute for Energy Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria 3122, Australia
Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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photocatalysis, CO2 reduction, type II heterojunction, Mn3O4/FeNbO4
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Photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals is a sustainable and promising technology that alleviates the greenhouse effect and energy crisis. In this study, the Mn3O4/FeNbO4 type II heterojunction photocatalyst with a core-satellite structure was synthesized by the facile soft chemical method. The formation of a nano-heterojunction is supposed to effectively improve light capture, charge transfer, and interfacial charge separation in the photochemical reaction. Meanwhile, the heterojunction has a good ability to capture and activate CO2. Our results show that the prepared Mn3O4/FeNbO4 photocatalyst exhibit obvious enhanced catalytic properties in the photocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction, where the CH4 yielding rate is 1.96 and 9.81 times those of FeNbO4 and Mn3O4, respectively. The transient photovoltage test (TPV) shows that the low frequency electrons are crucial to the effective transfer of photogenerated electrons and holes in the Mn3O4/FeNbO4 nano heterojunctions. Analysis of in situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) verifies the effective CO2 adsorption on the Mn3O4/FeNbO4 surface and the high selectivity of CH4 products. These properties of the Mn3O4/FeNbO4 photocatalyst infer its broad prospects in the fields of carbon fixation and energy conservation.


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A core-satellite structured type II heterojunction photocatalyst with enhanced CO2 reduction under visible light

Show Author's information Yuanyuan Cheng1, Yixian Liu1, Yunliang Liu1, Yaxi Li1, Ruqiang Wu1, Yongchao Du1, Najmeh Askari1, Naiyun Liu1, Fen Qiao1, Chenghua Sun2( ), Zhenhui Kang3( ), Haitao Li1( )
Institute for Energy Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria 3122, Australia
Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China

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Photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals is a sustainable and promising technology that alleviates the greenhouse effect and energy crisis. In this study, the Mn3O4/FeNbO4 type II heterojunction photocatalyst with a core-satellite structure was synthesized by the facile soft chemical method. The formation of a nano-heterojunction is supposed to effectively improve light capture, charge transfer, and interfacial charge separation in the photochemical reaction. Meanwhile, the heterojunction has a good ability to capture and activate CO2. Our results show that the prepared Mn3O4/FeNbO4 photocatalyst exhibit obvious enhanced catalytic properties in the photocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction, where the CH4 yielding rate is 1.96 and 9.81 times those of FeNbO4 and Mn3O4, respectively. The transient photovoltage test (TPV) shows that the low frequency electrons are crucial to the effective transfer of photogenerated electrons and holes in the Mn3O4/FeNbO4 nano heterojunctions. Analysis of in situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) verifies the effective CO2 adsorption on the Mn3O4/FeNbO4 surface and the high selectivity of CH4 products. These properties of the Mn3O4/FeNbO4 photocatalyst infer its broad prospects in the fields of carbon fixation and energy conservation.

Keywords: photocatalysis, CO2 reduction, type II heterojunction, Mn3O4/FeNbO4

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Received: 24 May 2022
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Published: 05 August 2022
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 52072152 and 51802126), the Jiangsu University Jinshan Professor Fund, the Jiangsu Specially-Appointed Professor Fund (No. 17TPJS-003), and Open Fund from Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials.

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