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Article: UV light-induced oxygen doping in graphitic carbon nitride with suppressed deep trapping for enhancement in CO2 photoreduction activity

TitleUV light-induced oxygen doping in graphitic carbon nitride with suppressed deep trapping for enhancement in CO2 photoreduction activity
Authors
KeywordsCharge transfer
CO2 reduction
Graphitic carbon nitride
Oxygen doping
UV light
Issue Date2023
PublisherElsevier B.V.. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/product/cws_home/724227/description
Citation
Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2023, v. 133, p. 135-144 How to Cite?
AbstractWhile photoreduction of CO2 to CH4 is an effective means of producing value-added fuels, common photocatalysts have poor activity and low selectivity in photocatalytic CO2-reduction processes. Even though creating defects is an effective photocatalyst fabrication route to improve photocatalytic activity, there are some challenges with the facile photocatalyst synthesis method. In this work, an O element is introduced into a graphitic carbon nitride (CN) skeleton through a precursory ultraviolet light irradiation pretreatment to increase the visible light absorption and enhance the carrier density of this modified non-metal CN photocatalyst; the charge transfer dynamics thereof are also studied through electrochemical tests, photoluminescence spectroscopy, and nanosecond transient absorption. We verify that the optimized sample exhibits lower charge recombination and a suppressed 84 ns electron-trapping lifetime, compared to the 103 ns electron-trapping lifetime of the CN counterpart, and thereby contributes to robust detrapping and a fast transfer of active electrons. Through density functional theory calculations, we find that the improved light absorption and increased electron density are ascribed to O-element doping, which enhances the CO2 adsorption energy and improves the CO2-to-CH4 photoreduction activity; it becomes 17 times higher than that of the bare CN, and the selectivity is 3.8 times higher than that of CN. Moreover, the optimized sample demonstrates excellent cyclic stability in a 24-hour cycle test.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/315515
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 11.2
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.309
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DC FieldValueLanguage
dc.contributor.authorZHAO, X-
dc.contributor.authorYi, X-
dc.contributor.authorPan, W-
dc.contributor.authorWang, Y-
dc.contributor.authorLUO, S-
dc.contributor.authorZHANG, Y-
dc.contributor.authorXie, R-
dc.contributor.authorLeung, YCD-
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-19T08:59:20Z-
dc.date.available2022-08-19T08:59:20Z-
dc.date.issued2023-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Materials Science & Technology, 2023, v. 133, p. 135-144-
dc.identifier.issn1005-0302-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/315515-
dc.description.abstractWhile photoreduction of CO2 to CH4 is an effective means of producing value-added fuels, common photocatalysts have poor activity and low selectivity in photocatalytic CO2-reduction processes. Even though creating defects is an effective photocatalyst fabrication route to improve photocatalytic activity, there are some challenges with the facile photocatalyst synthesis method. In this work, an O element is introduced into a graphitic carbon nitride (CN) skeleton through a precursory ultraviolet light irradiation pretreatment to increase the visible light absorption and enhance the carrier density of this modified non-metal CN photocatalyst; the charge transfer dynamics thereof are also studied through electrochemical tests, photoluminescence spectroscopy, and nanosecond transient absorption. We verify that the optimized sample exhibits lower charge recombination and a suppressed 84 ns electron-trapping lifetime, compared to the 103 ns electron-trapping lifetime of the CN counterpart, and thereby contributes to robust detrapping and a fast transfer of active electrons. Through density functional theory calculations, we find that the improved light absorption and increased electron density are ascribed to O-element doping, which enhances the CO2 adsorption energy and improves the CO2-to-CH4 photoreduction activity; it becomes 17 times higher than that of the bare CN, and the selectivity is 3.8 times higher than that of CN. Moreover, the optimized sample demonstrates excellent cyclic stability in a 24-hour cycle test.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/product/cws_home/724227/description-
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Materials Science & Technology-
dc.subjectCharge transfer-
dc.subjectCO2 reduction-
dc.subjectGraphitic carbon nitride-
dc.subjectOxygen doping-
dc.subjectUV light-
dc.titleUV light-induced oxygen doping in graphitic carbon nitride with suppressed deep trapping for enhancement in CO2 photoreduction activity-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailPan, W: wdpan21@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailXie, R: ruijie34@HKUCC-COM.hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailLeung, YCD: ycleung@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityLeung, YCD=rp00149-
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jmst.2022.06.022-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85134820075-
dc.identifier.hkuros335383-
dc.identifier.volume133-
dc.identifier.spage135-
dc.identifier.epage144-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000830904000005-

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