Journal
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 427, Issue -, Pages 1165-1173Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.08.148
Keywords
Cu decoration; g-C3N4; Photocatalysis; CO2 reduction
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21377044, 21573085]
- Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province [2015CFA037]
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Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to fuel has attracted considerable attention due to the consumption of fossil fuels and serious environmental problems. Although there are many photocatalysts reported for CO2 reduction, the improvement of activity and selectivity is still in great need of. In this work, a series of Cu nanoparticle decorated g-C3N4 nanosheets with different Cu loadings were fabricated by a facile secondary calcination and subsequent microwave hydrothermal method. The designed catalysts shown good photocatalytic activity and selectivity for CO2 reduction to CO. The optimal sample exhibited a 3-fold augmentation of the CO yield in comparison with pristine g-C3N4 under visible light. It is revealed that with the loading of Cu nanoparticles, the resulting photocatalyst possessed an improved charge carrier transfer and separation efficiency as well as increased surface reactive sites, resulting in a significant enhancement of CO yield. It is anticipated that the designed Cu/C3N4 photocatalyst may provide new insights for two dimensional layer materials and non-noble particles applied to CO2 reduction. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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