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Boosting Interfacial Electron Transfer and CO2 Enrichment on ZIF-8/ZnTe for Selective Photoelectrochemical Reduction of CO2 to CO

Wang, Qinglong
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Gao, Xiaowu
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Wei, Yan
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July 17, 2024
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Artificial photosynthesis is an effective way of converting CO2 into fuel and high value-added chemicals. However, the sluggish interfacial electron transfer and adsorption of CO2 at the catalyst surface strongly hamper the activity and selectivity of CO2 reduction. Here, we report a photocathode attaching zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) onto a ZnTe surface to mimic an aquatic leaf featuring stoma and chlorophyll for efficient photoelectrochemical conversion of CO2 into CO. ZIF-8 possessing high CO2 adsorption capacity and diffusivity has been selected to enrich CO2 into nanocages and provide a large number of catalytic active sites. ZnTe with high light-absorption capacity serves as a light-absorbing layer. CO2 molecules are collected in large nanocages of ZIF-8 and delivered to the ZnTe surface. As evidenced by scanning electrochemical microscopy, the interface can effectively boost interfacial electron transfer kinetics. The ZIF-8/ZnTe photocathode with unsaturated Zn-Nx sites exhibits a high Faradaic efficiency for CO production of 92.9% and a large photocurrent of 6.67 mA·cm-2 at −2.48 V (vs Fc/Fc+) in a nonaqueous electrolyte at AM 1.5G solar irradiation (100 mW·cm-2).

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DOI
10.1021/acsami.4c06921
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85199060104

PubMed ID

38956932

Author(s)
Wang, Qinglong

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Gao, Xiaowu

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Wei, Yan

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Liu, Taifeng

Henan University

Huang, Qikang

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Ren, Dan  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Zakeeruddin, Shaik Mohammed  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Grätzel, Michael  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Wang, Mingkui

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Li, Qiuye

Henan University

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Date Issued

2024-07-17

Published in
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Volume

16

Issue

28

Start page

36462

End page

36470

Subjects

artificial photosynthesis

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CO enrichment 2

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interfacial electron transfer

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photoelectrochemical CO reduction 2

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ZIF-8/ZnTe photocathode

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FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

National Key Research and Development Program of China

2019YFE0101300

National Natural Science Foundation of China

21975088

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

2023M743427

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January 24, 2025
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