Oxygen-deficient MoO₃₋ₓ evoked synergistic photo-thermal catalytic CO₂ reduction over g-C₃N₄

• Main Authors: Su, Fengyun, Wang, Zhishuai, Cao, Hailong, Xie, Haiquan, Tu, Wenguang, Xiao, Yonghao, Shi, Shukui, Chen, Jiaqi, Jin, Xiaoli, Kong, Xin Ying
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Chemistry; Infrared Devices; Molybdenum Oxide
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170157
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Developing inexpensive co-catalysts for photo-thermal synergistic catalysis by artificially inducing active sites on non-noble metal compounds has drawn much attention recently. In this work, oxygen-deficient molybdenum oxide (MoO3−x) was in situ photodeposited on the surface of graphite-like carbon nitride (g-C3N4) to tremendously improve its photocatalytic activity for CO2 conversion. A series of characterization analyses divulged that the MoO3−x not only promoted the separation of photo-generated charge carriers, but also served as the active sites for the adsorption and activation of CO2 molecules. More importantly, the oxygen-vacancy defect sites of MoO3−x can trigger localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) that enables effective harnessing of near-infrared (NIR) photons, promoting photo-thermal synergistic catalytic conversion of CO2 into value-added fuels through full solar spectrum harnessing.