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ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS
卷 8, 期 9, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201702277
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photochemical; photomethanation; photonic crystals; photothermal; solar fuels
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at the University of Toronto
- Ministry of Research Innovation (MRI)
- Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure (MEDI)
- Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC)
- Connaught Innovation Fund
- Connaught Global Challenge Fund
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- K. A . Shair CRSL
- Masri Institute
Sunlight-driven catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 is an important reaction that generates useful chemicals and fuels and if operated at industrial scales can decrease greenhouse gas CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. In this work, the photomethanation of CO2 over highly dispersed nanostructured RuO2 catalysts on 3D silicon photonic crystal supports, achieving impressive conversion rates as high as 4.4 mmol g(cat)(-1) h(-1) at ambient temperatures under high-intensity solar simulated irradiation, is reported. This performance is an order of magnitude greater than photomethanation rates achieved over control samples made of nanostructured RuO2 on silicon wafers. The high absorption and unique light-harvesting properties of the silicon photonic crystal across the entire solar spectral wavelength range coupled with its large surface area are proposed to be responsible for the high methanation rates of the RuO2 photocatalyst. A density functional theory study on the reaction of CO2 with H-2 revealed that H-2 splits on the surface of the RuO2 to form hydroxyl groups that participate in the overall photomethanation process.
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