Abstract
Photocatalytic reduction offers an attractive route for CO2 utilization as a chemical feedstock for solar fuels production but remains challenging due to the poor efficiency, instability, and/or toxicity of current catalyst systems. Delaminated CoAl-layered double hydroxide nanosheets (LDH-DS) combined with TiO2 nanotubes (NTs) or nanoparticles (NPs) are promising nanocomposite photocatalysts for CO2 reduction. Heterojunction formation between visible light absorbing delaminated CoAl nanosheets and UV light absorbing TiO2 nanotubes greatly enhances interfacial contact between both high aspect ratio components relative to their bulk counterparts. The resulting synergic interaction confers a significant improvement in photoinduced charge carrier separation, and concomitant aqueous phase CO2 photocatalytic reduction, in the absence of a sacrificial hole acceptor. CO productivity for a 3 wt% LDH-DS@TiO2-NT nanocomposite of 4.57 μmol gcat -1 h-1 exhibits a
tenfold and fivefold increase over that obtained for individual TiO2 NT and delaminated CoAl-LDH components respectively and is double that obtained for 3 wt% bulk-LDH@TiO2-NT and 3 wt% LDH-DS@TiO2-NP catalysts. Synthesis of delaminated LDH and metal oxide nanocomposites represents a cost-effective strategy for aqueous phase CO2 reduction
tenfold and fivefold increase over that obtained for individual TiO2 NT and delaminated CoAl-LDH components respectively and is double that obtained for 3 wt% bulk-LDH@TiO2-NT and 3 wt% LDH-DS@TiO2-NP catalysts. Synthesis of delaminated LDH and metal oxide nanocomposites represents a cost-effective strategy for aqueous phase CO2 reduction
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 1700317 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Particle & Particle Systems Characterization |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 22 Nov 2017 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 23 Jan 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright © 2017 by John Wiley & Sons. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Delaminated CoAl-Layered Double Hydroxide@TiO2 Heterojunction Nanocomposites for CO2 Photocatalytic ReductionKumar, S., Durndell, L., Manayil, J., Isaacs, M. A., Parlett, C., Karthikeyan, S., Douthwaite, R. E., Coulson, B., Wilson, K. & Lee, A. 22 Nov 2017 In : Particle & Particle Systems Characterization. 11 p., 1700317, which has been published in final form at http://doi.org/10.1002/ppsc.201700317. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
Funding: EPSRC (EP/K021796/1 and EP/K029525/2).
Keywords
- CO2
- layered double hydroxides (LDHs)
- photocatalysis
- titania
- nanocomposites
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P25@CoAl layered double hydroxide heterojunction nanocomposites for CO2 photocatalytic reduction
Kumar, S., Isaacs, M. A., Trofimovaite, R., Parlett, C. M. A., Douthwaite, R. E., Coulson, B., Cockett, M. C. R., Wilson, K. & Lee, A. F., 15 Jul 2017, In: Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 209, p. 394-404 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Delaminated CoAl-Layered Double Hydroxide@TiO2 Heterojunction Nanocomposites for CO2 Photocatalytic Reduction
Kumar, S. (Creator), Durndell, L. (Creator), C. Manayil, J. (Creator), Isaacs, M. (Creator), Parlett, C. (Creator), Sekar, K. (Creator), Douthwaite, R. E. (Creator), Coulson, B. (Creator) & Wilson, K. (Creator), Aston Data Explorer, 6 Nov 2017
DOI: 10.17036/researchdata.aston.ac.uk.00000300
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