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NANOTECHNOLOGY
卷 32, 期 39, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac0ddb
关键词
Cu2O; TiO2 protective layer; photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction; carrier dynamics; stability
资金
- Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDB36000000]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21972029, 21673052]
- Belt and Road Initiative by Chinese Academy of Sciences [121D11KYSB20170050]
- Belt & Road Fellowship for International MSc Students
- CAS-TWAS President's Fellowship for International PhD Students
This study systematically investigated the impact of deposition parameters of TiO2 overlayer on CO2 reduction performance, and found that the thickness and temperature of the TiO2 layer can influence its electron energy and stability, which in turn affect the selectivity of CO2 reduction.
TiO2 is usually employed as a protective layer for Cu2O in photoelectrocatalytic CO2 reduction. However, the role of TiO2 layer on CO2 reduction activity and selectivity is still elusive. In this work, a systematic investigation is carried out to probe the impact of the deposition parameters of TiO2 overlayer, including the temperature and thickness, on CO2 reduction performance. Compositional and (photo-)electrochemical analysis is performed to explore the property of TiO2 overlayers. Carrier behavior, including donor density and electron energy, and stability of TiO2 are demonstrated to be influenced by atomic layer deposition conditions and thus play a role in controlling CO2 reduction reaction. Specifically, as the thickness of the TiO2 layer increases from 2 to 50 nm, the electron energy tends to be lowered accompanying the electron transfer mode from tunneling for TiO2 thin layers to type II for thick TiO2, leading to a decrease in CO2 reduction selectivity. With an increase of the TiO2 deposition temperature, the stability increases with a loss of conductivity. Cu2O coated with 2 nm TiO2 at 150 degrees C is proven to be the optimized candidate in this work for photoelectrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO, HCOOH and CH3COOH under an applied bias of -0.4 versus RHE.
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