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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 612, Issue -, Pages 782-791Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.12.197
Keywords
Hierarchical ZIS nanorods; Upconversion; NIR-responsive photocatalyst; photocatalysts CO2 reduction
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21975223, 21701143]
- Zhejiang Province Public Welfare Technology Application Research Project [LGG19B010002]
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Developing near-infrared responsive photocatalysts is crucial for the advancement of solar-driven photocatalytic systems. This study demonstrates, for the first time, the delicate coupling of upconversion nanoparticles with hierarchical ZnIn2S4 nanorods to create a NIR-responsive composite photocatalyst, exhibiting remarkable photocatalytic activity.
Developing near-infrared responsive (NIR) photocatalysts is very important for the development of solar-driven photocatalytic systems. Metal sulfide semiconductors have been extensively used as visible-light responsive photocatalysts for photocatalytic applications owing to their high chemical variety, narrow bandgap and suitable redox potentials, particularly the benchmark ZnIn2S4. However, their potential as NIR-responsive photocatalysts is yet to be reported. Herein, for the first time demonstrated that upconversion nanoparticles can be delicately coupled with hierarchical ZnIn2S4 nanorods (UCNPs/ZIS) to assemble a NIR-responsive composite photocatalyst, and as such composite is verified by ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectra and upconversion luminescence spectra. As a result, remarkable photocatalytic CO and CH4 production rates of 1500 and 220 nmol g(-1) h(-1), respectively, were detected for the UCNPs/ZIS composite under NIR-light irradiation (lambda >= 800 nm), which is rarely reported in the literature. The remarkable photocatalytic activity of the UCNPs/ZIS composite can be understood not only because the heterojunction between UCNPs and ZIS can promote the charge separation efficiency, but also the intimate interaction of UCNPs with hierarchical ZIS nanorods can enhance the energy transfer. This finding may open a new avenue to develop more NIR-responsive photocatalysts for various solar energy conversion applications. (C) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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