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Nano Research 2023, 16(7): 9310-9317 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5545-x
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Enhancement of CO2 photoreduction efficiency by supporting blue TiO2 with photonic crystal substrate

Show Author's Information Dengpeng Lan1,  Wenting Sheng1,  Qianqian Fu1,  Jianping Ge1,2( )
School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
Institute of Eco-Chongming, Shanghai 202162, China
Keywords:
photocatalyst, CO2, blue TiO2, photonic crystal support, photo reduction
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Carbon dioxidePhotocatalystsPhotonic crystalsRenewable energy resources
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Lan D, Sheng W, Fu Q, et al. Enhancement of CO2 photoreduction efficiency by supporting blue TiO2 with photonic crystal substrate. Nano Research, 2023, 16(7): 9310-9317. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5545-x
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The catalytic performance of TiO2 in photoreduction of CO2 is limited by its weak absorption in the visible range. In this work, a photonic crystal supported blue TiO2 photocatalyst (BTPC) was prepared to demonstrate a 5–6 times higher activity and improved CH4 selectivity compared to the BT catalysts deposited on quartz plate. By investigating the influence of the reflection intensity and wavelength of PC support, the superior catalytic performance was found to be originated from the enhanced light absorption of BT and the increased surface electron density brought by the PC support. Based on the study of BT loading on support, multilayer BTPC catalyst was designed to take the most advantage of the transmitted light and achieve a higher conversion of CO2 in the unit area of irradiation.


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Enhancement of CO2 photoreduction efficiency by supporting blue TiO2 with photonic crystal substrate

Show Author's information Dengpeng Lan1, Wenting Sheng1, Qianqian Fu1, Jianping Ge1,2( )
School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
Institute of Eco-Chongming, Shanghai 202162, China

Abstract

The catalytic performance of TiO2 in photoreduction of CO2 is limited by its weak absorption in the visible range. In this work, a photonic crystal supported blue TiO2 photocatalyst (BTPC) was prepared to demonstrate a 5–6 times higher activity and improved CH4 selectivity compared to the BT catalysts deposited on quartz plate. By investigating the influence of the reflection intensity and wavelength of PC support, the superior catalytic performance was found to be originated from the enhanced light absorption of BT and the increased surface electron density brought by the PC support. Based on the study of BT loading on support, multilayer BTPC catalyst was designed to take the most advantage of the transmitted light and achieve a higher conversion of CO2 in the unit area of irradiation.

Keywords: photocatalyst, CO2, blue TiO2, photonic crystal support, photo reduction

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Received: 09 January 2023
Revised: 31 January 2023
Accepted: 01 February 2023
Published: 21 March 2023
Issue date: July 2023

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 22172054 and 21972046).

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