Van Der Waals gap-rich BiOCl atomic layers realizing efficient, pure-water CO2-to-CO photocatalysis

Yanbiao Shi; Jie Li; Chengliang Mao; Song Liu; Xiaobing Wang; Xiufan Liu; Shengxi Zhao; Xiao Liu; Yanqiang Huang; Lizhi Zhang

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26219-6

Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

Van Der Waals gap-rich BiOCl atomic layers realizing efficient, pure-water CO2-to-CO photocatalysis

Yanbiao Shi,
Jie Li,
Chengliang Mao,
Song Liu,
Xiaobing Wang,
Xiufan Liu,
Shengxi Zhao,
Xiao Liu,
Yanqiang Huang,
Lizhi Zhang

Affiliations

Yanbiao Shi: Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University
Jie Li: Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University
Chengliang Mao: Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University
Song Liu: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaobing Wang: Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University
Xiufan Liu: Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University
Shengxi Zhao: Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University
Xiao Liu: Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University
Yanqiang Huang: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lizhi Zhang: Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26219-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Efficient CO2 photoreduction in pure water remains challenging. Here, the authors propose to use van der Waals gaps-rich BiOCl atomic layers with low exciton binding energy and abundant surface oxygen vacancies for CO2 to CO conversion.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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