Plasmon assisted highly efficient visible light catalytic CO2 reduction over the noble metal decorated Sr-incorporated g-C3N4
dc.contributor.author | Humayun, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Ullah, H | |
dc.contributor.author | Shu, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Ao, X | |
dc.contributor.author | Tahir, AA | |
dc.contributor.author | Wang, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Luo, W | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-01T12:31:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-10-15 | |
dc.date.updated | 2022-07-01T11:27:37Z | |
dc.description.abstract | The photocatalytic performance of g-C3N4 for CO2 conversion is still inadequate by several shortfalls including the instability, insufficient solar light absorption and rapid charge carrier's recombination rate. To solve these problems, herein, noble metals (Pt and Au) decorated Sr-incorporated g-C3N4 photocatalysts are fabricated via the simple calcination and photo-deposition methods. The Sr-incorporation remarkably reduced the g-C3N4 band gap from 2.7 to 2.54 eV, as evidenced by the UV-visible absorption spectra and the density functional theory results. The CO2 conversion performance of the catalysts was evaluated under visible light irradiation. The Pt/0.15Sr-CN sample produced 48.55 and 74.54 µmol h-1 g-1 of CH4 and CO, respectively. These amounts are far greater than that produced by the Au/0.15Sr-CN, 0.15Sr-CN, and CN samples. A high quantum efficiency of 2.92% is predicted for the Pt/0.15Sr-CN sample. Further, the stability of the photocatalyst is confirmed via the photocatalytic recyclable test. The improved CO2 conversion performance of the catalyst is accredited to the promoted light absorption and remarkably enhanced charge separation via the Sr-incorporated mid gap states and the localized surface plasmon resonance effect induced by noble metal nanoparticles. This work will provide a new approach for promoting the catalytic efficiency of g-C3N4 for efficient solar fuel production. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Ministry of Science and Technology of China | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Natural Science Foundation of China | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Natural Science Foundation of China | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Key R&D Program of China | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Key Research and Development Program of Hubei | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | South Xinjiang Innovation and Development Program of Key Industries of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Hubei “ChuTian Young Scholar” program | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 13, article 209 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-021-00736-x | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 2018YFA0702100 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 11874169 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 51972129 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 2017YFE0120500 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 2020BAB079 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 2020DB002 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | EP/T025875/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/130117 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0001-9290-0265 (Ullah, Habib) | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0003-1985-6127 (Tahir, Asif Ali) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Springer | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34652501 | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2021. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Density functional theory | en_GB |
dc.subject | Energy applications | en_GB |
dc.subject | Noble metal deposition | en_GB |
dc.subject | Sr-incorporation | en_GB |
dc.subject | g-C3N4 | en_GB |
dc.subject | DFT studies | en_GB |
dc.title | Plasmon assisted highly efficient visible light catalytic CO2 reduction over the noble metal decorated Sr-incorporated g-C3N4 | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2022-07-01T12:31:56Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2311-6706 | |
exeter.article-number | 209 | |
exeter.place-of-publication | Germany | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Springer via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2150-5551 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Nano-micro Letters | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2021-09-15 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2021-10-15 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2022-07-01T12:25:17Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2022-07-01T12:32:01Z | |
refterms.panel | B | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2021-10-15 |
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