Crystal-facet modulated pathway of CO photoreduction on BiNbOCl nanosheets boosting production of value-added solar fuels.

Two nanosheets of BiNbOCl were successfully synthesized for photocatalytic conversion of CO into solar fuel, featuring differently exposed (001) and (201) facets. The exposure of these specific facets facilitates C-C coupling to generate ethanol, and (201) facet typically accelerates this process.

Rationally designed hierarchical hollow CuS/CdInS heterostructure nanoboxes for boosted photoreduction of CO.

A novel double-shelled CuS/CdInS photocatalyst was rationally designed using CdInS sheets grown upon the exterior of hollow CuS nanocubes. The unique hierarchical hollow structure of CuS/CdInS provides numerous active sites and reduces carrier diffusion length. Surface sulfur vacancies mitigate the detachment of the intermediate, which is favorable for a multi-electron reaction path such as that in the production of CH.

Outstanding CO Photoreduction in Single-Atom Thulium Modified Carbon Nitride.

CO reduction photocatalysts are favorable for obtaining renewable energy. Enriched active sites and effective photogenerated-carriers separation are keys for improving CO photo-reduction. A thulium (Tm) single atom tailoring strategy introducing carbon vacancies in porous tubular graphitic carbon nitride (g-CN) surpassing the ever-reported g-CN based photocatalysts, with 199.

Tandem Synergistic Effect of Cu-In Dual Sites Confined on the Edge of Monolayer CuInP S toward Selective Photoreduction of CO into Multi-Carbon Solar Fuels.

One-unit-cell, single-crystal, hexagonal CuInP S atomically thin sheets of≈0.81 nm in thickness was successfully synthesized for photocatalytic reduction of CO . Exciting ethene (C H ) as the main product was dominantly generated with the yield-based selectivity reaching ≈56.

Room-temperature photosynthesis of propane from CO with Cu single atoms on vacancy-rich TiO.

Photochemical conversion of CO into high-value C products is difficult to achieve due to the energetic and mechanistic challenges in forming multiple C-C bonds. Herein, an efficient photocatalyst for the conversion of CO into CH is prepared by implanting Cu single atoms on TiO atomically-thin single layers. Cu single atoms promote the formation of neighbouring oxygen vacancies (Vs) in TiO matrix.