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Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, volume 582, pages 647-657

Ultrathin 2D Ti3C2 MXene Co-catalyst anchored on porous g-C3N4 for enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction under visible-light irradiation

Juanmin Hu ¹

Jie Ding ¹

Shi-Peng Wan ¹

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School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210094, PR China. |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2021-01-01

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Journal: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

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Impact factor: 9.9

ISSN: 00219797, 10957103

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.08.047

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Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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Abstract

Constructing an efficient photocatalyst is critical for photocatalytic carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable fuel. Herein, a high-efficiency catalyst was synthesized by a simple one-step electrostatic self-assembly method, in which Ti3C2 (TC) was anchored on porous g-C3N4 (PCN) with rich -NHx via NHx-Ti bond. Such a chemical interaction made the optimized TC/PCN-2 with 2 wt% loading of Ti3C2 possess highest CH4 production (0.99 μmol·h-1·g-1catalyst) under visible light (>420 nm), which was 14 times higher than that of pure PCN (0.07 µmol·h-1·gcatalyst-1) at the same condition. More importantly, the TC/PCN-2 photocatalyst still maintained satisfied activity after four cycles. Besides the formation of NHx-Ti chemical bonding and superior conductivity of Ti3C2 as a co-catalyst, which facilitated interfacial charges separation and migration, the exceptional performance could also attribute to the enhanced CO2 adsorption/activation and improved light-harvesting capability. This work provided a potential application in energy conversion with MXene as an efficient co-catalyst.

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Hu J., Ding J., Wan S. Ultrathin 2D Ti3C2 MXene Co-catalyst anchored on porous g-C3N4 for enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction under visible-light irradiation // Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 2021. Vol. 582. pp. 647-657.

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DO - 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.08.047

UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2020.08.047

TI - Ultrathin 2D Ti3C2 MXene Co-catalyst anchored on porous g-C3N4 for enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction under visible-light irradiation

T2 - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

AU - Hu, Juanmin

AU - Ding, Jie

AU - Wan, Shi-Peng

PY - 2021

DA - 2021/01/01 00:00:00

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@article{2021_Hu,

author = {Juanmin Hu and Jie Ding and Shi-Peng Wan},

title = {Ultrathin 2D Ti3C2 MXene Co-catalyst anchored on porous g-C3N4 for enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction under visible-light irradiation},

journal = {Journal of Colloid and Interface Science},

year = {2021},

volume = {582},

publisher = {Elsevier},

month = {jan},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2020.08.047},

pages = {647--657},

doi = {10.1016/j.jcis.2020.08.047}

}

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