1. Enhanced visible light-driven CO2 reduction activity induced by Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst C60/TpPa (COF).
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He, Yu-Ou, Fu, Yao-Mei, Meng, Xing, Xue, Li, Yang, Rui-Gang, Qu, Jian-Xin, Su, Zhong-Min, and Wang, Hai-Ning
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HETEROJUNCTIONS , *PHOTOREDUCTION , *CARBON dioxide , *PHOTOCATALYSTS , *FULLERENES - Abstract
A family of heterojunction photocatalysts C 60 /TpPa have been constructed from fullerenes (C 60) and TpPa-1 via in-situ solvothermal method firstly. The photocatalytic activity toward CO 2 of C 60 /TpPa has been evaluated through the gas-solid reaction system under pure CO 2 and low concentration CO 2 (10 %) atmosphere, respectively. The results show that the maximum CO formation rates for C 60 /TpPa are as high as 48.16 μmol·g−1·h−1 and 90.25 μmol·g−1·h−1 under pure CO 2 and 10 % CO 2 environment, respectively. The attractive experimental phenomenon is assigned to the existence of C O groups in TpPa-1. Due to the presence of Z-scheme heterojunction, the separation of photoexcited electrons and holes is effectively enhanced, and the photocatalytic performances are significantly improved. This work suggests that the construction of COF-based photocatalysts with heterojunction for efficient photoreduction of CO 2 is a promising strategy. [Display omitted] • It is the first work that combining C 60 with TpPa-1 build Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts. • Due to the presence of C O groups, C 60 /COF achieve higher performance in 10 % CO 2 environment. • Z-scheme heterojunction enhances the performances by improving the efficient separation of photo-excited electrons and holes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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