Title
Photoelectrodes of Cu<sup>2</sup>O with interfacial structure of topological insulator Bi<sup>2</sup>Se<sup>3</sup>contributes to selective photoelectrocatalytic reduction of CO<sup>2</sup>towards methanol
Date Issued
01 July 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
Artificial photosynthesis emerges as feasible solution to diminish CO2content in the atmosphere. Photoelectrocatalysis can diminish CO2concentration while generating useful resources such as methanol. Here an alternative multilayer photoelectrode of FTO/Cu/Bi2Se3-Se/Cu2O is developed to enhance selective reduction of CO2 towards methanol. A novel electrosynthetic approach is described as strategy to modulate the atomic composition of p-type bismuth selenide chalcogenide intralayer. This method enhanced performance and selectivity of n-type Cu2O photoelectrocatalysts. Alkaline pH conditions favored yield and selectivity towards methanol production from CO2. The formation of an n-p heterojunction affects the Cu2Operformance on CO2reduction. The novel engineered FTO/Cu/Bi2Se3-Se/Cu2O multilayer photoelectrodes allowed obtaining up to 4.5mM of methanol, which correspond to 3-fold higher concentration than conventional FTO/Cu2O electrodes reported in literature. Photoelectrodes of FTO/ Cu/Bi2Se3-Se/Cu2O overperform conventional Cu2O in terms of kinetics and selectivity towards methanol production.
Volume
39
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Química
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85090411164
Source
Journal of CO2 Utilization
ISSN of the container
22129820
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by the Ministerio de Educación (MINEDU) of Peru through of the agreement 208-2015 UNI-FONDECYC- MINEDU of Perú and the National Institute for Alternative Technologies of Detection, Toxicological Evaluation and Removal of Micropollutants and Radioactivies, INCT-DATREN (FAPESP 2014/50945-4; CNPq 465571/2014-0 and CAPES), for the technological support to this work.
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