Journal
JOURNAL OF CO2 UTILIZATION
Volume 34, Issue -, Pages 596-605Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2019.08.006
Keywords
CO2 reduction; Dopamine; Silver; Photoelectrocatalysis; Solar simulator
Funding
- FAPESP [2014/50945-4, 2016/18057-7, 2017/12790-7]
- INCT-DATREM [465571/2014-0]
- CNPq [150493/2017-7]
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [14/50945-4, 16/18057-7] Funding Source: FAPESP
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TiO2 nanotube (NT) arrays were modified with thin films of polydopamine (PDA) and Ag nanoparticles (NP) and were used as electron storage centers on a photoelectrode surface, in order to drive the reduction of CO2 to methanol. Silver nanoparticles were obtained by means of chemical deposition using the catechol groups present in PDA. The Ti/TiO2NT@PDA-AgNP photocathode presented higher photocurrents when irradiated using either UV-vis irradiation or a solar simulator, compared to bare Ti/TiO2NT, indicating improvement of charge carrier separation, while the band gap of the material decreased from 3.12 to 2.3 eV. Under optimized conditions, methanol production of 59.5 mu M cm(-2) was achieved and under the solar simulator, 19.25 mu M cm(-2) of methanol was generated, indicating that the PDA-AgNP coating improved the activation by visible light. The Ag present in the modified Ti/TiO2NT electrodes was quantified during photoelectrocatalysis, with the amount of Ag nanoparticles released from the electrodes being negligible. A schematic representation of the charge transfer mechanism at the Ti/TiO2NT@PDA-AgNP electrode is provided.
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