Edge-Site-Rich Ordered Macroporous BiOCl Triggers C(sic)O Activation for Efficient CO2 Photoreduction

• Endowing a semiconductor with tunable edge active sites will effectively enhance catalytic performance. Herein, an edge-site-rich ordered macroporous BiOCl (BiOCl-P) with abundant dangling bonds is constructed via the colloidal crystal template method. The edge-site-rich ordered macroporous structure provides abundant adsorption sites for CO2 molecules, as well as forms numerous localized electron enrichment areas, accelerating charge transfer. DFT calculations reveal that the dangling bonds-rich configuration can effectively reduce the CO2 activation energy barrier, boost the C(sic)O double bond dissociation, and facilitate the proton electron coupling reaction. As a result, the BiOCl-P achieves a higher CO and CH4 generation rate of 78.07 and 3.03 mu mol g(-1) under 4 h Xe lamp irradiation in a solid-gas system. Finally, the CO2 molecules conversion process is further investigated by in situ Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. This work realizes a new avenue toward the design of vibrant semiconductors on the nanoscale to boost inert CO2 photoreduction.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Kemi -- Materialkemi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Chemical Sciences -- Materials Chemistry (hsv//eng)

Keyword

C(sic)O activation; CO2 photoreduction; dangling bonds; edge-sites; ordered macroporous BiOCl

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