Facet-dependent active sites of a single Cu2O particle photocatalyst for CO2 reduction to methanol
Abstract
Atomic level understanding of the active sites and transformation mechanisms under realistic working conditions are pre-requisites for rational design of high performance photocatalysts. By using correlated scanning fluorescence x-ray microscopy and environmental transmission electron microscopy at atmospheric pressure, in operando, we directly observed that the (110) facet of a single Cu2O photocatalyst particle is photocatalytically active for CO2 reduction to methanol while the (100) facet is inert. The oxidation state of the active sites changed from Cu(I) towards Cu(II) due to CO2 and H2O coadsorption and changed back to Cu+ after CO2 conversion under visible light illumination. The Cu2O photocatalyst oxidized water as it reduced CO2. At the same time, the crystal lattice expanded due to CO2 adsorption then reverted after CO2 conversion. The internal quantum yield for unassisted wireless photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to methanol using Cu2O crystals is ~ 72% with 10% solar to fuel efficiency.
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- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Waterloo, ON (Canada)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division; Univ. of California, Northridge, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- Hong Kong Univ. (Hong Kong). Dept. of Physics
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
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- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1600936
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Energy
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 2058-7546
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; carbon dioxide reduction; methanol; active sites; cuprous oxide; X-ray nanoprobe; electron microscopy; EPR
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Wu, Yimin A., McNulty, Ian, Liu, Cong, Lau, Kah Chun, Liu, Qi, Paulikas, Arvydas P., Sun, Cheng-Jun, Cai, Zhonghou, Guest, Jeffrey R., Ren, Yang, Stamenkovic, Vojislav, Curtiss, Larry A., Liu, Yuzi, and Rajh, Tijana. Facet-dependent active sites of a single Cu2O particle photocatalyst for CO2 reduction to methanol. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41560-019-0490-3.
Wu, Yimin A., McNulty, Ian, Liu, Cong, Lau, Kah Chun, Liu, Qi, Paulikas, Arvydas P., Sun, Cheng-Jun, Cai, Zhonghou, Guest, Jeffrey R., Ren, Yang, Stamenkovic, Vojislav, Curtiss, Larry A., Liu, Yuzi, & Rajh, Tijana. Facet-dependent active sites of a single Cu2O particle photocatalyst for CO2 reduction to methanol. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-019-0490-3
Wu, Yimin A., McNulty, Ian, Liu, Cong, Lau, Kah Chun, Liu, Qi, Paulikas, Arvydas P., Sun, Cheng-Jun, Cai, Zhonghou, Guest, Jeffrey R., Ren, Yang, Stamenkovic, Vojislav, Curtiss, Larry A., Liu, Yuzi, and Rajh, Tijana. Fri .
"Facet-dependent active sites of a single Cu2O particle photocatalyst for CO2 reduction to methanol". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-019-0490-3. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1600936.
@article{osti_1600936,
title = {Facet-dependent active sites of a single Cu2O particle photocatalyst for CO2 reduction to methanol},
author = {Wu, Yimin A. and McNulty, Ian and Liu, Cong and Lau, Kah Chun and Liu, Qi and Paulikas, Arvydas P. and Sun, Cheng-Jun and Cai, Zhonghou and Guest, Jeffrey R. and Ren, Yang and Stamenkovic, Vojislav and Curtiss, Larry A. and Liu, Yuzi and Rajh, Tijana},
abstractNote = {Atomic level understanding of the active sites and transformation mechanisms under realistic working conditions are pre-requisites for rational design of high performance photocatalysts. By using correlated scanning fluorescence x-ray microscopy and environmental transmission electron microscopy at atmospheric pressure, in operando, we directly observed that the (110) facet of a single Cu2O photocatalyst particle is photocatalytically active for CO2 reduction to methanol while the (100) facet is inert. The oxidation state of the active sites changed from Cu(I) towards Cu(II) due to CO2 and H2O coadsorption and changed back to Cu+ after CO2 conversion under visible light illumination. The Cu2O photocatalyst oxidized water as it reduced CO2. At the same time, the crystal lattice expanded due to CO2 adsorption then reverted after CO2 conversion. The internal quantum yield for unassisted wireless photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to methanol using Cu2O crystals is ~ 72% with 10% solar to fuel efficiency.},
doi = {10.1038/s41560-019-0490-3},
journal = {Nature Energy},
number = 11,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {11}
}
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