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RevealingtheSuddenAlternationinPt@h-BNNanoreactorsforNearly100%CO2-to-CH4Photoreduction
WeiBi,YanjieHu,*HaoJiang,LingZhang,andChunzhongLi*
Howtodevelopanefficientphotocatalystwithhighactivityandhighselectivityisthebiggestchallengelimitingtheapplicationofphotocatalysis.Areasonabledesignofthenanoreactormodelisaneffectivestrategy.Herein,aseriesofPtnanoparticlescoatedwithhexagonalboronnitride(Pt@h-BN)nanoreactorshighlydispersedonaphotochemicallyinertcarrier,Al2O3substrate,aresynthesized.Theresultsshowthatasthenumberofh-BNcoatinglayersincreases,theselectivityofphotocatalysisisalteredfromnearly100%CO2-to-COtonearly100%CO2-to-CH4,andtheoptimizedspace-timeyieldofCH4isupto184.7pmolg(Pt)-1h-1withthree-layercoating.TheinsitucharacterizationsrevealthecleavageoftheCOonPttobetheratedeterminingstepandtheexistenceofthekeyintermediateCO2~speciesonthesurfaceofPt@h-BNfacilitatesCH4formation.Notably,combinedwithdetailedsimulationcalculations,thisworkrevealsthattheconfinementeffectinPt@h-BNattributestheelectronsmobilitybehaviorandalleviatetheinteractionofCO—Pt.Whatismore,thechangeofthereactionsiteistheessenceforthesuddenalternation.Thisworkwillbringanewinsighttotheselectivecatalysisofnoblemetalsinthegas-solidphase.
1. Introduction
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CO2+water+sunlight=greenfuel+oxygen.Sinceitcantrulyachievezerocarbonemissions,solarenergyhasgraduallyattractedpeople'sattentionasanidealenergysourceforproducinghighvalue-addedchemicals.Throughtheprocessofartificialphotosynthesis,CO2gascanbeeasilyfixed,asastrategyofkillingtwobirdswithonestonetoproducechemicals
Dr.W.Bi,Prof.Y.Hu,Prof.H.Jiang,Prof.L.Zhang,Prof.C.LiShanghaiEngineeringResearchCenterofHierarchicalNanomaterialsKeyLaboratoryforUltrafineMaterialsofMinistryofEducationSchoolofMaterialsScienceandEngineeringEastChinaUniversityofScience&TechnologyShanghai200237,China
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10.1002/adfm.202010780fbrhumanactivities.However,torealizetheabovevision,thebiggestchallengeliesinthedevelopmentandutilizationofphotocatalystswithhighactivityandhighselectivity.
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