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Ultrastable and Efficient Visible-light-driven CO2 Reduction Triggered by Regenerative Oxygen-Vacancies in Bi2 O2 CO3
Xiaolong Zu1, Yuan Zhao1, Xiaodong Li1
1Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Centre for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Herein, we first design a fast low-pressure ultraviolet light irradiation strategy for easily regenerating the nearly equivalent surface vacancies. Taking the defective Bi2 O2 CO3 nanosheets as an example, nearly equal amount of oxygen vacancies can be regenerated under UV light irradiation. Synchrotron-radiation quasi in situ X-ray photoelectron spectra disclose the Bi sites in the O-defective Bi2 O2 CO3 nanosheets can act as the highly active sites, which not only help to activate CO2 molecules, but also contribute to stabilizing the rate-limiting COOH* intermediate. Also, in situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and in situ mass spectrometry unravel the UV light irradiation contributes to accelerating CO desorption process. As a result, the O-defective Bi2 O2 CO3 nanosheets achieve a stability up to 2640 h over 110 cycling tests and a high evolution rate of 275 μmol g-1 h-1 for visible-light-driven CO2 reduction to CO.
