Activity Enhancement in Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 over Nano-ZnO Anchored on Graphene

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作者：
Yinan Zheng
Xiaohong Yin
Shuangfang Zhang
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[1] Tianjin University of Technology,Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
来源：
Water, Air, & Soil Pollution | 2018年 / 229卷
关键词：
ZnO nanoparticles; Graphene; Hydrothermal synthesis; Photocatalytic reduction; CO; Methanol;
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The hydrothermal synthesis procedure was used to prepare the photocatalysts of ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) anchored on graphene (Gr). The activity enhancement of pristine ZnO NPs by anchored on graphene was evaluated for photocatalytically reducing CO2. The experimental results showed that the graphene could significantly improve the photocatalytic activity, where ZnO NPs anchored on 30 wt% Gr showed the best photocatalytic performance for achieving the highest yield of methanol up to 2772.9 μmol/h·gcat. The enhanced photocatalytic could be attributed to the following reasons. The first one was that the light was harvested on the 2D graphene dispersed ZnO NPs uniformly. And the second one was the combination of ZnO NPs and graphene in ZnO NPs/Gr photocatalysts could transfer charge to separate photogenerated electron and hole efficiently, which was confirmed by the photoluminescence analysis.
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