Issue 1, 2023

High surface area siloxene for photothermal and electrochemical catalysis

Abstract

Catalysis based on two-dimensional silicon has been under intense investigation recently. However, its substandard catalytic activity is far from industrialization. In this work, we demonstrate a new solution to this problem formulated on the batch synthesis of siloxene with an enhanced specific surface area (217.8 m2 g−1). A two-dimensional porous structure was prepared, enabling great support and dispersion of metal nanoparticles. Catalytic evaluations of such hybrid structures for the (photo)thermal CO2 hydrogenation reaction and the electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction revealed a significant performance advantage over the benchmark two-dimensional silicon structures synthesized via the conventional method. This work may confer notable viability on two-dimensional silicon for advanced energy, catalytic, and environmental applications.

Graphical abstract: High surface area siloxene for photothermal and electrochemical catalysis

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Sep 2022
Accepted
25 Nov 2022
First published
29 Nov 2022

Nanoscale, 2023,15, 154-161

High surface area siloxene for photothermal and electrochemical catalysis

Y. Su, S. Wang, L. Ji, C. Zhang, H. Cai, H. Zhang and W. Sun, Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 154 DOI: 10.1039/D2NR05140K

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