Porous fixed-bed photoreactor for boosting C–C coupling in photocatalytic CO2 reduction

Autor: Shengjie Bai, Haoran Qiu, Mengmeng Song, Guiwei He, Feng Wang, Ya Liu, Liejin Guo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: eScience, Vol 2, Iss 4, Pp 428-437 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2667-1417
DOI: 10.1016/j.esci.2022.06.006
Popis: Solar-driven CO2 conversion to chemical fuels in an aqueous solution is restricted not only by photocatalysts but also by mass transfer. Here, a regulatable three-phase interface on a porous fixed-bed is constructed for efficient C–C coupling in photocatalytic CO2 reduction. The photocatalytic results show that ∼90% selectivity towards C2+ products is obtained by a Cu/Cd0.5Zn0.5S photocatalyst, with a yield of 6.54 ​μmol/h (an irradiation area of 0.785 cm2), while only 0.94 ​μmol/h (an irradiation area of 19.625 cm2) is achieved with a commonly used suspension photocatalytic reactor. We find that under the same CO2 feed rate, the local CO2 concentration in this porous fixed-bed photoreactor is obviously higher than in the suspension photoreactor. The larger local CO2 coverage derived from a higher CO2 supply and aggregation enhances the C–C coupling, thereby generating more C2+. Even an observable three-phase interface on the porous fixed-bed can be regulated by adjusting the CO2 supply, for which the optimal gas inlet rate is 5–10 sccm.
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