Boosting Interfacial Electron Transfer and CO2 Enrichment on ZIF-8/ZnTe for Selective Photoelectrochemical Reduction of CO2 to CO
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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Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Henan University
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Henan University
2024-07-17
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Funder | Funding(s) | Grant Number | Grant 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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