Formation of hierarchical FeCoS2-CoS2 double-shelled nanotubes with enhanced performance for photocatalytic reduction of CO2
Hierarchical FeCoS2 -CoS2 double-shelled nanotubes have been rationally designed and constructed for efficient photocatalytic CO2 reduction under visible light. The synthetic strategy, engaging the two-step cation-exchange reactions, precisely integrates two metal sulfides into a double-shelled tubu...
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| Language: | English |
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2021
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147388 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Hierarchical FeCoS2 -CoS2 double-shelled nanotubes have been rationally designed and constructed for efficient photocatalytic CO2 reduction under visible light. The synthetic strategy, engaging the two-step cation-exchange reactions, precisely integrates two metal sulfides into a double-shelled tubular heterostructure with both of the shells assembled from ultrathin two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets. Benefiting from the distinctive structure and composition, the FeCoS2 -CoS2 hybrid can reduce bulk-to-surface diffusion length of photoexcited charge carriers to facilitate their separation. Furthermore, this hybrid structure can expose abundant active sites for enhancing CO2 adsorption and surface-dependent redox reactions, and harvest incident solar irradiation more efficiently by light scattering in the complex interior. As a result, these hierarchical FeCoS2 -CoS2 double-shelled nanotubes exhibit superior activity and high stability for photosensitized deoxygenative CO2 reduction, affording a high CO-generating rate of 28.1 μmol h-1 (per 0.5 mg of catalyst). |
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