Visible light plasmonic heating of Au-ZnO for the catalytic reduction of CO2

Wang, Congjun; Ranasingha, Oshadha; Natesakhawat, Sittichai; Ohodnicki, Paul R.; Andio, Mark; Lewis, James P.; Matranga, Christopher

doi:10.1039/c3nr02001k

Title: Visible light plasmonic heating of Au-ZnO for the catalytic reduction of CO₂

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2013 · Nanoscale

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c3nr02001k· OSTI ID:1129493

Wang, Congjun ^[1]; Ranasingha, Oshadha ^[2]; Natesakhawat, Sittichai ^[3]; Ohodnicki, Paul R. ^[4]; Andio, Mark ^[4]; Lewis, James P. ^[2]; Matranga, Christopher ^[4]

National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, (United States). URS Corp., South Park, PA (United States)
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, (United States); West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (Unied States). Dept. of Physics
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, (United States). Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, (United States)

Plasmonic excitation of Au nanoparticles attached to the surface of ZnO catalysts using low power 532 nm laser illumination leads to significant heating of the catalyst and the conversion of CO₂ and H₂ reactants to CH₄ and CO products. Temperature-calibrated Raman spectra of ZnO phonons show that intensity-dependent plasmonic excitation can controllably heat Au–ZnO from 30 to ~600 °C and simultaneously tune the CH₄ : CO product ratio. The laser induced heating and resulting CH₄ : CO product distribution agrees well with predictions from thermodynamic models and temperature-programmed reaction experiments indicating that the reaction is a thermally driven process resulting from the plasmonic heating of the Au-ZnO. The apparent quantum yield for CO₂ conversion under continuous wave (cw) 532 nm laser illumination is 0.030%. The Au-ZnO catalysts are robust and remain active after repeated laser exposure and cycling. The light intensity required to initiate CO₂ reduction is low ( ~2.5 x 10⁵ W m^-2) and achievable with solar concentrators. Our results illustrate the viability of plasmonic heating approaches for CO₂ utilization and other practical thermal catalytic applications.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Cite

Export

Save

Research Organization:: National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, and Morgantown, WV (United States). In-house Research

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)

Grant/Contract Number:: FE0004000

OSTI ID:: 1129493

Report Number(s):: A-CONTR-PUB-010; NANOHL

Journal Information:: Nanoscale, Vol. 5, Issue 15; ISSN 2040-3364

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Citation Metrics:

Cited by: 123 works

Citation information provided by
Web of Science

References (50)

Prospects of CO₂ Utilization via Direct Heterogeneous Electrochemical Reduction Whipple, Devin T.; Kenis, Paul J. A. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 1, Issue 24, p. 3451-3458 https://doi.org/10.1021/jz1012627	journal	December 2010
New Directions for the Photocatalytic Reduction of CO ₂ : Supramolecular, scCO ₂ or Biphasic Ionic Liquid−scCO ₂ Systems Grills, David C.; Fujita, Etsuko The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 1, Issue 18 https://doi.org/10.1021/jz1010237	journal	September 2010
Development of efficient photocatalytic systems for CO2 reduction using mononuclear and multinuclear metal complexes based on mechanistic studies Takeda, Hiroyuki; Ishitani, Osamu Coordination Chemistry Reviews, Vol. 254, Issue 3-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2009.09.030	journal	February 2010
Gold nanorods and their plasmonic properties Chen, Huanjun; Shao, Lei; Li, Qian Chem. Soc. Rev., Vol. 42, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CS35367A	journal	January 2013
Plasmonic Photosensitization of a Wide Band Gap Semiconductor: Converting Plasmons to Charge Carriers Mubeen, Syed; Hernandez-Sosa, Gerardo; Moses, Daniel Nano Letters, Vol. 11, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl203457v	journal	December 2011
Highly Efficient Plasmon-Enhanced Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells through Metal@Oxide Core–Shell Nanostructure Qi, Jifa; Dang, Xiangnan; Hammond, Paula T. ACS Nano, Vol. 5, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1021/nn201808g	journal	August 2011
Plasmon-Assisted Photocurrent Generation from Visible to Near-Infrared Wavelength Using a Au-Nanorods/TiO ₂ Electrode Nishijima, Yoshiaki; Ueno, Kosei; Yokota, Yukie The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 1, Issue 13 https://doi.org/10.1021/jz1006675	journal	June 2010
Plasmon-induced photoelectrochemistry at metal nanoparticles supported on nanoporous TiO2 Tian, Yang; Tatsuma, Tetsu Chemical Communications, Issue 16 https://doi.org/10.1039/b405061d	journal	January 2004
Plasmonic Photocatalyst for H ₂ Evolution in Photocatalytic Water Splitting Chen, Jiun-Jen; Wu, Jeffrey C. S.; Wu, Pin Chieh The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 115, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1021/jp1074048	journal	December 2010
Water Splitting on Composite Plasmonic-Metal/Semiconductor Photoelectrodes: Evidence for Selective Plasmon-Induced Formation of Charge Carriers near the Semiconductor Surface Ingram, David B.; Linic, Suljo Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 133, Issue 14 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja200086g	journal	April 2011
Visible-light-enhanced catalytic oxidation reactions on plasmonic silver nanostructures Christopher, Phillip; Xin, Hongliang; Linic, Suljo Nature Chemistry, Vol. 3, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1032	journal	May 2011
Plasmon Resonant Enhancement of Carbon Monoxide Catalysis Hung, Wei Hsuan; Aykol, Mehmet; Valley, David Nano Letters, Vol. 10, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl9041214	journal	April 2010
Plasmon Resonant Enhancement of Photocatalytic Water Splitting Under Visible Illumination Liu, Zuwei; Hou, Wenbo; Pavaskar, Prathamesh Nano Letters, Vol. 11, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl104005n	journal	March 2011
Photocatalytic Conversion of CO ₂ to Hydrocarbon Fuels via Plasmon-Enhanced Absorption and Metallic Interband Transitions Hou, Wenbo; Hung, Wei Hsuan; Pavaskar, Prathamesh ACS Catalysis, Vol. 1, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1021/cs2001434	journal	July 2011
Plasmon-Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of Iron Oxide on Gold Nanopillars Gao, Hanwei; Liu, Chong; Jeong, Hoon Eui ACS Nano, Vol. 6, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1021/nn203457a	journal	December 2011
Visible-light-induced photocatalysis through surface plasmon excitation of gold on titania surfaces Kowalska, Ewa; Mahaney, Orlando Omar Prieto; Abe, Ryu Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 12, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1039/b917399d	journal	January 2010
Plasmonic enhancement of photocatalytic decomposition of methyl orange under visible light Hou, Wenbo; Liu, Zuwei; Pavaskar, Prathamesh Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 277, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2010.11.001	journal	January 2011
Visible‐Light‐Driven Oxidation of Organic Contaminants in Air with Gold Nanoparticle Catalysts on Oxide Supports Chen, Xi; Zhu, Huai‐Yong; Zhao, Jin‐Cai Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 47, Issue 29 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200800602	journal	July 2008
Heterogenous Catalysis Mediated by Plasmon Heating Adleman, James R.; Boyd, David A.; Goodwin, David G. Nano Letters, Vol. 9, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl902711n	journal	December 2009
Plasmon-Assisted Local Temperature Control to Pattern Individual Semiconductor Nanowires and Carbon Nanotubes Cao, Linyou; Barsic, David N.; Guichard, Alex R. Nano Letters, Vol. 7, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl0722370	journal	November 2007
Plasmon-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition Boyd, David A.; Greengard, Leslie; Brongersma, Mark Nano Letters, Vol. 6, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl062061m	journal	November 2006
Singular characteristics and unique chemical bond activation mechanisms of photocatalytic reactions on plasmonic nanostructures Christopher, Phillip; Xin, Hongliang; Marimuthu, Andiappan Nature Materials, Vol. 11, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3454	journal	October 2012
A Plasmonic Photocatalyst Consisting of Silver Nanoparticles Embedded in Titanium Dioxide Awazu, Koichi; Fujimaki, Makoto; Rockstuhl, Carsten Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 130, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja076503n	journal	February 2008
Freestanding palladium nanosheets with plasmonic and catalytic properties Huang, Xiaoqing; Tang, Shaoheng; Mu, Xiaoliang Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 6, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2010.235	journal	December 2010
The Optical Properties of Metal Nanoparticles: The Influence of Size, Shape, and Dielectric Environment Kelly, K. Lance; Coronado, Eduardo; Zhao, Lin Lin The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 107, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1021/jp026731y	journal	January 2003
Some Interesting Properties of Metals Confined in Time and Nanometer Space of Different Shapes El-Sayed, Mostafa A. Accounts of Chemical Research, Vol. 34, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1021/ar960016n	journal	April 2001
Indium Tin Oxide Nanoparticles with Compositionally Tunable Surface Plasmon Resonance Frequencies in the Near-IR Region Kanehara, Masayuki; Koike, Hayato; Yoshinaga, Taizo Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 131, Issue 49 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja9064415	journal	December 2009
Tunable Infrared Absorption and Visible Transparency of Colloidal Aluminum-Doped Zinc Oxide Nanocrystals Buonsanti, Raffaella; Llordes, Anna; Aloni, Shaul Nano Letters, Vol. 11, Issue 11, p. 4706-4710 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl203030f	journal	November 2011
Tunable Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances in Tungsten Oxide Nanocrystals Manthiram, Karthish; Alivisatos, A. Paul Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 134, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja211363w	journal	February 2012
Mechanisms and Applications of Plasmon-Induced Charge Separation at TiO ₂ Films Loaded with Gold Nanoparticles Tian, Yang; Tatsuma, Tetsu Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 127, Issue 20 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja042192u	journal	May 2005
Noble Metal Nanocrystals: Plasmon Electron Transfer Photochemistry and Single-Molecule Raman Spectroscopy Brus, Louis Accounts of Chemical Research, Vol. 41, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1021/ar800121r	journal	December 2008
Field Effects in Plasmonic Photocatalyst by Precise SiO ₂ Thickness Control Using Atomic Layer Deposition Kumar, Manippady Krishna; Krishnamoorthy, Sivashankar; Tan, Lee Kheng ACS Catalysis, Vol. 1, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1021/cs100117v	journal	February 2011
Theoretical study of heating of spherical nanoparticle in media by short laser pulses Pustovalov, Viktor K. Chemical Physics, Vol. 308, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2004.08.005	journal	January 2005
Generating heat with metal nanoparticles Govorov, Alexander O.; Richardson, Hugh H. Nano Today, Vol. 2, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/S1748-0132(07)70017-8	journal	February 2007
Superheating Water by CW Excitation of Gold Nanodots Carlson, Michael T.; Green, Andrew J.; Richardson, Hugh H. Nano Letters, Vol. 12, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl2043503	journal	February 2012
Mapping Heat Origin in Plasmonic Structures Baffou, Guillaume; Girard, Christian; Quidant, Romain Physical Review Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 13 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.136805	journal	April 2010
Optimization of Plasmonic Heating by Gold Nanospheres and Nanoshells Harris, Nadine; Ford, Michael J.; Cortie, Michael B. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 110, Issue 22 https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0606208	journal	June 2006
The Active Site of Methanol Synthesis over Cu/ZnO/Al₂O₃ Industrial Catalysts Behrens, M.; Studt, F.; Kasatkin, I. Science, Vol. 336, Issue 6083, p. 893-897 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1219831	journal	April 2012
Active Sites and Structure–Activity Relationships of Copper-Based Catalysts for Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Methanol Natesakhawat, Sittichai; Lekse, Jonathan W.; Baltrus, John P. ACS Catalysis, Vol. 2, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1021/cs300008g	journal	July 2012
Temperature dependence of Raman scattering in $ZnO$ Cuscó, Ramon; Alarcón-Lladó, Esther; Ibáñez, Jordi Physical Review B, Vol. 75, Issue 16 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.75.165202	journal	April 2007
Temperature dependent dynamics of ZnO nanoparticles probed by Raman scattering: A big divergence in the functional areas of nanoparticles and bulk materials Kumar Yadav, Harish; Katiyar, R. S.; Gupta, Vinay Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 100, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3681144	journal	January 2012
Size-dependent photocatalytic reduction of CO2 with PbS quantum dot sensitized TiO2 heterostructured photocatalysts Wang, Congjun; Thompson, Robert L.; Ohodnicki, Paul Journal of Materials Chemistry, Vol. 21, Issue 35 https://doi.org/10.1039/c1jm12367j	journal	January 2011
Visible Light Photoreduction of CO ₂ Using CdSe/Pt/TiO ₂ Heterostructured Catalysts Wang, Congjun; Thompson, Robert L.; Baltrus, John The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 1, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1021/jz9000032	journal	November 2009
The Structure of Catalytically Active Gold on Titania Chen, M. S. Science, Vol. 306, Issue 5694 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1102420	journal	October 2004
Quantum size effects in ambient CO oxidation catalysed by ligand-protected gold clusters Lopez-Acevedo, Olga; Kacprzak, Katarzyna A.; Akola, Jaakko Nature Chemistry, Vol. 2, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.589	journal	March 2010
Hot Electrons Do the Impossible: Plasmon-Induced Dissociation of H ₂ on Au Mukherjee, Shaunak; Libisch, Florian; Large, Nicolas Nano Letters, Vol. 13, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl303940z	journal	December 2012
Plasmon Inducing Effects for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: X-ray Absorption Approach to Electronic Structures Chen, Hao Ming; Chen, Chih Kai; Chen, Chih-Jung ACS Nano, Vol. 6, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1021/nn3024877	journal	July 2012
A Gold Nanocrystal/Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Composite for Plasmonic Heating on Microfluidic Chips Fang, Caihong; Shao, Lei; Zhao, Yihua Advanced Materials, Vol. 24, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201103517	journal	December 2011
Laser Directed Growth of Carbon-Based Nanostructures by Plasmon Resonant Chemical Vapor Deposition Hung, Wei Hsuan; Hsu, I-Kai; Bushmaker, Adam Nano Letters, Vol. 8, Issue 10, p. 3278-3282 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl801666u	journal	October 2008
Enhancing Single-Nanoparticle Surface-Chemistry by Plasmonic Overheating in an Optical Trap Ni, Weihai; Ba, Haojin; Lutich, Andrey A. Nano Letters, Vol. 12, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl301937j	journal	January 2012

Cited By (19)

Band-gap Engineering of Photocatalysts: Surface Modification versus Doping Kowalska, Ewa; Wei, Zhishun; Janczarek, Marcin Visible Light‐Active Photocatalysis: Nanostructured Catalyst Design, Mechanisms, and Applications https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527808175.ch16	book	April 2018
Metal/Semiconductor Hybrid Nanostructures for Plasmon-Enhanced Applications Jiang, Ruibin; Li, Benxia; Fang, Caihong Advanced Materials, Vol. 26, Issue 31 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201400203	journal	April 2014
Alumina‐Supported CoFe Alloy Catalysts Derived from Layered‐Double‐Hydroxide Nanosheets for Efficient Photothermal CO ₂ Hydrogenation to Hydrocarbons Chen, Guangbo; Gao, Rui; Zhao, Yufei Advanced Materials, Vol. 30, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201704663	journal	December 2017
Emerging Applications of Plasmons in Driving CO ₂ Reduction and N ₂ Fixation Yang, Jianhua; Guo, Yanzhen; Lu, Wenzheng Advanced Materials, Vol. 30, Issue 48 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201802227	journal	July 2018
Plasmon‐Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting for Efficient Renewable Energy Storage Mascaretti, Luca; Dutta, Aveek; Kment, Štěpán Advanced Materials, Vol. 31, Issue 31 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201805513	journal	December 2018
Von Sonnenlicht zu Brennstoffen: aktuelle Fortschritte der C ₁ ‐Solarchemie Chen, Guangbo; Waterhouse, Geoffrey I. N.; Shi, Run Angewandte Chemie, Vol. 131, Issue 49 https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201814313	journal	September 2019
From Solar Energy to Fuels: Recent Advances in Light-Driven C ₁ Chemistry Chen, Guangbo; Waterhouse, Geoffrey I. N.; Shi, Run Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 58, Issue 49 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201814313	journal	September 2019
Light-Activated Hydrogen Storage in Mg, LiH and NaAlH ₄ Sun, Yahui; Aguey-Zinsou, Kondo-Francois ChemPlusChem, Vol. 83, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.201800190	journal	May 2018
Integration of Photothermal Effect and Heat Insulation to Efficiently Reduce Reaction Temperature of CO ₂ Hydrogenation Zhang, Wenbo; Wang, Liangbing; Wang, Kaiwen Small, Vol. 13, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201602583	journal	November 2016
Photoelectrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to Chemicals via ZnO@Nickel Foam: Controlling C–C Coupling by Ligand or Morphology Wang, Jixian; Han, Bo; Nie, Rong Topics in Catalysis, Vol. 61, Issue 15-17 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-018-1018-y	journal	July 2018
Plasmon-induced selective carbon dioxide conversion on earth-abundant aluminum-cuprous oxide antenna-reactor nanoparticles Robatjazi, Hossein; Zhao, Hangqi; Swearer, Dayne F. Nature Communications, Vol. 8, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00055-z	journal	June 2017
Fundamentals and applications of photocatalytic CO2 methanation Ulmer, Ulrich; Dingle, Thomas; Duchesne, Paul N. Nature Communications, Vol. 10, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10996-2	journal	July 2019
Rare-earth fluorescence thermometry of laser-induced plasmon heating in silver nanoparticles arrays Cesca, Tiziana; Perotto, Giovanni; Pellegrini, Giovanni Scientific Reports, Vol. 8, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32179-7	journal	September 2018
Recent advances in noble metal based composite nanocatalysts: colloidal synthesis, properties, and catalytic applications Xu, Yong; Chen, Lei; Wang, Xuchun Nanoscale, Vol. 7, Issue 24 https://doi.org/10.1039/c5nr02216a	journal	January 2015
Hybrid nanostructures of metal/two-dimensional nanomaterials for plasmon-enhanced applications Li, Xuanhua; Zhu, Jinmeng; Wei, Bingqing Chem. Soc. Rev., Vol. 45, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cs00195e	journal	January 2016
Improving the rates of Pd-catalyzed reactions by exciting the surface plasmons of AuPd bimetallic nanotriangles Gangishetty, Mahesh K.; Fontes, Adriana M.; Malta, Marcos RSC Advances, Vol. 7, Issue 64 https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ra07264c	journal	January 2017
Light-driven thermocatalytic CO ₂ reduction over surface-passivated β-Mo ₂ C nanowires: enhanced catalytic stability by light Bai, Yujie; Zhao, Jie; Feng, Shuaijun Chemical Communications, Vol. 55, Issue 32 https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cc01479a	journal	January 2019
A temperature-controlled photoelectrochemical cell for quantitative product analysis Corson, Elizabeth R.; Creel, Erin B.; Kim, Youngsang Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 89, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5024802	journal	May 2018
Losses in plasmonics: from mitigating energy dissipation to embracing loss-enabled functionalities Boriskina, Svetlana V.; Cooper, Thomas Alan; Zeng, Lingping arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1802.01469	text	January 2018

Similar Records

Probing hot-electron effects in wide area plasmonic surfaces using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Journal Article · Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Applied Physics Letters · OSTI ID:1129493

Ayas, Sencer; Cupallari, Andi; Dana, Aykutlu

Ultrasmall Cu Nanoparticles Supported on Crystalline, Mesoporous ZnO for Selective CO ₂ Hydrogenation

Journal Article · Wed Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2023 · ChemCatChem · OSTI ID:1129493

Hu, Mingzhen; Lu, Xingxu; Zhu, Chunxiang; +8 more

Design-controlled synthesis of IrO₂ sub-monolayers on Au nanoflowers: marrying plasmonic and electrocatalytic properties

Journal Article · Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Nanoscale · OSTI ID:1129493

de Freitas, Isabel C.; Parreira, Luanna S.; Barbosa, Eduardo M.; +10 more

Related Subjects

77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
plasmonic catalysts
photocatalysis
CO2 reduction
Au nanocrystals

Title: Visible light plasmonic heating of Au-ZnO for the catalytic reduction of CO2

Citation Formats

References (50)

Cited By (19)

Similar Records

Related Subjects

Title: Visible light plasmonic heating of Au-ZnO for the catalytic reduction of CO₂