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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
卷 119, 期 12, 页码 6819-6827出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp5106136
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- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [CTQ2012-32315]
- Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), King Abdulaziz University [75-130-35-HiCi]
- Marie Curie Project [PIEF-GA-2011-298740]
- KAU
- Generalidad Valenciana
Recent photocatalytic data for CO2 reduction by H2O using simulated sunlight have shown that, while TiO2 Evonik P25 containing Au nanoparticles (NPs; Au/P25) generates considerably higher amounts of hydrogen than methane, when P25 contains Au-Cu alloy NPs the selectivity toward methane increases dramatically. To gain insight into this photocatalytic behavior, in the present work we have performed a transient absorption spectroscopy study in the microsecond time scale of three samples, namely, Au/P25, Cu/P25, and (Au, Cu)/P25 using 355 (UV) and SR nm (visible) lasers. The transient spectra exhibit as common features a narrower peak at about 320 nm and a broad band from 400 to 800 run. Using oxygen as electron quencher and methanol as hole quencher, the transient signals have been assigned to charge separation. Several cases were observed, including: (i) absence of quenching attributed to the lack of accessibility of the quencher to the site, (ii) quenching of the signal, or (iii) increase of the transient signal intensity attributed to less charge recombination by removal of one of the charge carriers. Of relevance to understand the origin of the photo catalytic CO2 reduction by H2O is the quenching of the charge separated state by these two reagents. In this way, it was observed that H2O exerts a remarkable influence to the transient signal, quenching its intensity in the three samples at the two irradiation wavelengths, except for (Au, Cu)/P25 upon 532 run excitation. Importantly, the distinctive behavior due to the presence of Cu has been attributed to the observed quenching by CO2 of the broad 400-800 nm band when excitation is performed with UV 355 nm light.
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