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Journal of CO2 Utilization, volume 33, pages 233-241

Synthesis of Z-scheme α-Fe2O3/g-C3N4 composite with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CH3OH

Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2019-10-01
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Quartile WOS
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Impact factor7.7
ISSN22129820, 22129839
Process Chemistry and Technology
Waste Management and Disposal
Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)
Abstract
In this study, a series of α-Fe2O3/g-C3N4(FCN) photocatalysts for CO2 reduction at 0.6 MPa to produce CH3OH is synthesized via hydrothermal method and the FCN hybrid shows greater absorption of visible light than pure g-C3N4 due to the introduction of α-Fe2O3 (narrow bandgap). The Z-scheme heterojunction promotes photogenerated electron and hole separation and suppresses the recombination of photoexcited electron-hole pairs. Benefiting from this unique structure, the optimized FCN(40:60) hybrid shows a CH3OH evolution rate of 5.63 μmol g−1 h−1 without any sacrifice reagent and cocatalyst, which is 2.9 times higher than that of pure g-C3N4(1.94 μmol g−1 h−1). The excellent activity is ascribed to a Z-scheme transfer mechanism, which is proposed according to the band structure between g-C3N4 and α-Fe2O3. The results gained here may provide some illuminating insights for the design of new types of Z-scheme photocatalysts.

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Guo H. H. et al. Synthesis of Z-scheme α-Fe2O3/g-C3N4 composite with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CH3OH // Journal of CO2 Utilization. 2019. Vol. 33. pp. 233-241.
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Guo H. H., Chen M., Wan S., Wang Y., Ma W., Ding J. Synthesis of Z-scheme α-Fe2O3/g-C3N4 composite with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CH3OH // Journal of CO2 Utilization. 2019. Vol. 33. pp. 233-241.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1016/j.jcou.2019.05.016
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2019.05.016
TI - Synthesis of Z-scheme α-Fe2O3/g-C3N4 composite with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CH3OH
T2 - Journal of CO2 Utilization
AU - Guo, H. Henry
AU - Chen, Mengqing
AU - Wan, Shi-Peng
AU - Wang, Yanan
AU - Ma, Wei-hua
AU - Ding, Jie
PY - 2019
DA - 2019/10/01 00:00:00
PB - Elsevier
SP - 233-241
VL - 33
SN - 2212-9820
SN - 2212-9839
ER -
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@article{2019_Guo,
author = {H. Henry Guo and Mengqing Chen and Shi-Peng Wan and Yanan Wang and Wei-hua Ma and Jie Ding},
title = {Synthesis of Z-scheme α-Fe2O3/g-C3N4 composite with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CH3OH},
journal = {Journal of CO2 Utilization},
year = {2019},
volume = {33},
publisher = {Elsevier},
month = {oct},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2019.05.016},
pages = {233--241},
doi = {10.1016/j.jcou.2019.05.016}
}
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