Issue 7, 2019

Design of three-dimensional hierarchical TiO2/SrTiO3 heterostructures towards selective CO2 photoreduction

Abstract

Highly selective photocatalytic CO2 reduction into CO and methane (CH4) by water vapor is achieved on elaborately designed hollow sphere-based TiO2/SrTiO3 heterostructures. The synthesized three-dimensional hierarchical hollow multi-shelled TiO2/SrTiO3 spheres (HoMSs-TS) are an assembly of well-organized shells composed of interconnected anatase TiO2 and perovskite SrTiO3 nanoparticles (NPs) with an average size of ∼22 nm for each NP. The heterojunctions between TiO2 and SrTiO3 provide synergistic enhancement of the charge transfer and separation process, which is critically important in the selective photocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). Moreover, this hierarchical structure features multiple porous subunits, which not only serve to maximize light utilization, but also facilitate mass transport during the photocatalytic process. These advantages empower the HoMSs-TS to effectively suppress hydrogen evolution and ease the selective production of 465 and 4.6 μmol g−1 of CO and CH4, respectively, over the course of a 24 h reaction.

Graphical abstract: Design of three-dimensional hierarchical TiO2/SrTiO3 heterostructures towards selective CO2 photoreduction

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
29 Mar 2019
Accepted
03 May 2019
First published
07 May 2019

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 1667-1674

Design of three-dimensional hierarchical TiO2/SrTiO3 heterostructures towards selective CO2 photoreduction

S. Jiang, K. Zhao, M. Al-Mamun, Y. L. Zhong, P. Liu, H. Yin, L. Jiang, S. Lowe, J. Qi, R. Yu, D. Wang and H. Zhao, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019, 6, 1667 DOI: 10.1039/C9QI00350A

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements