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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Li, Jieyuan
• Yan, Ping
• Li, Kanglu
• You, Junjie
• Wang, Hong
• Cui, Wen
• Cen, Wanglai
• Chu, Yinghao
• Fan, Dong

Titel

Cu supported on polymeric carbon nitride for selective CO2 reduction into CH4: a combined kinetics and thermodynamics investigation

Ist Teil von

• Journal of materials chemistry. A, Materials for energy and sustainability, 2019, Vol.7 (28), p.17014-17021

Ort / Verlag

Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Metal-based cocatalysts have been widely applied in the photocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) and the integration of cocatalysts/semiconductors is expected to enhance the selectivity of the catalytic reaction. Nevertheless, the type and yield of products manifest a large discrepancy even for the same cocatalyst/semiconductor photocatalytic system, which requires a comprehensive study into the reaction mechanism and product distribution in detail. Here we provide kinetics evidence that selective CO2 reduction into CH4 is realized on Cu loaded carbon nitride (Cu/CN), in comparison with that on Au species (Au/CN) which yield both CO and CH3OH. Besides, it is revealed that the adsorption/desorption thermodynamic behavior of CH3OH is a crucial factor to determine the product distribution. By the establishment of binary electron transfer channels at the interface between adsorbed CH3OH and the Cu/CN surface, intensified activation of CH3OH is accomplished, resulting in the over-all reduction of CO2 into methane. Owing to the combined kinetics and thermodynamics investigation at the atomic level, this work may provide pioneering design schemes of precisely tailored cocatalyst/semiconductor photocatalytic systems for the selective CO2RR.