摘要
Here, the photocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) with the selectivity of carbon products up to 100% is realized by completely suppressing the H2 evolution reaction under visible light (λ > 420 nm) irradiation. To target this, plasmonic Au/CdSe dumbbell nanorods enhance light harvesting and produce a plasmon-enhanced charge-rich environment; peripheral Cu2O provides rich active sites for CO2 reduction and suppresses the hydrogen generation to improve the selectivity of carbon products. The middle CdSe serves as a bridge to transfer the photocharges. Based on synthesizing these Au/CdSe–Cu2O hierarchical nanostructures (HNSs), efficient photoinduced electron/hole (e−/h+) separation and 100% of CO selectivity can be realized. Also, the 2e−/2H+ products of CO can be further enhanced and hydrogenated to effectively complete 8e−/8H+ reduction of CO2 to methane (CH4), where a sufficient CO concentration and the proton provided by H2O reduction are indispensable. Under the optimum condition, the Au/CdSe–Cu2O HNSs display high photocatalytic activity and stability, where the stable gas generation rates are 254 and 123 µmol g−1 h−1 for CO and CH4 over a 60 h period.
源语言 | 英语 |
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文章编号 | 2000426 |
期刊 | Small |
卷 | 16 |
期 | 18 |
DOI | |
出版状态 | 已出版 - 1 5月 2020 |