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Carbon-doped SnS(2) nanostructure as a high-efficiency solar fuel catalyst under visible light
Photocatalytic formation of hydrocarbons using solar energy via artificial photosynthesis is a highly desirable renewable-energy source for replacing conventional fossil fuels. Using an l-cysteine-based hydrothermal process, here we synthesize a carbon-doped SnS(2) (SnS(2)-C) metal dichalcogenide na...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5766557/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29330430 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02547-4 |
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author | Shown, Indrajit Samireddi, Satyanarayana Chang, Yu-Chung Putikam, Raghunath Chang, Po-Han Sabbah, Amr Fu, Fang-Yu Chen, Wei-Fu Wu, Chih-I Yu, Tsyr-Yan Chung, Po-Wen Lin, M. C. Chen, Li-Chyong Chen, Kuei-Hsien |
author_facet | Shown, Indrajit Samireddi, Satyanarayana Chang, Yu-Chung Putikam, Raghunath Chang, Po-Han Sabbah, Amr Fu, Fang-Yu Chen, Wei-Fu Wu, Chih-I Yu, Tsyr-Yan Chung, Po-Wen Lin, M. C. Chen, Li-Chyong Chen, Kuei-Hsien |
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description | Photocatalytic formation of hydrocarbons using solar energy via artificial photosynthesis is a highly desirable renewable-energy source for replacing conventional fossil fuels. Using an l-cysteine-based hydrothermal process, here we synthesize a carbon-doped SnS(2) (SnS(2)-C) metal dichalcogenide nanostructure, which exhibits a highly active and selective photocatalytic conversion of CO(2) to hydrocarbons under visible-light. The interstitial carbon doping induced microstrain in the SnS(2) lattice, resulting in different photophysical properties as compared with undoped SnS(2). This SnS(2)-C photocatalyst significantly enhances the CO(2) reduction activity under visible light, attaining a photochemical quantum efficiency of above 0.7%. The SnS(2)-C photocatalyst represents an important contribution towards high quantum efficiency artificial photosynthesis based on gas phase photocatalytic CO(2) reduction under visible light, where the in situ carbon-doped SnS(2) nanostructure improves the stability and the light harvesting and charge separation efficiency, and significantly enhances the photocatalytic activity. |
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spelling | pubmed-57665572018-01-18 Carbon-doped SnS(2) nanostructure as a high-efficiency solar fuel catalyst under visible light Shown, Indrajit Samireddi, Satyanarayana Chang, Yu-Chung Putikam, Raghunath Chang, Po-Han Sabbah, Amr Fu, Fang-Yu Chen, Wei-Fu Wu, Chih-I Yu, Tsyr-Yan Chung, Po-Wen Lin, M. C. Chen, Li-Chyong Chen, Kuei-Hsien Nat Commun Article Photocatalytic formation of hydrocarbons using solar energy via artificial photosynthesis is a highly desirable renewable-energy source for replacing conventional fossil fuels. Using an l-cysteine-based hydrothermal process, here we synthesize a carbon-doped SnS(2) (SnS(2)-C) metal dichalcogenide nanostructure, which exhibits a highly active and selective photocatalytic conversion of CO(2) to hydrocarbons under visible-light. The interstitial carbon doping induced microstrain in the SnS(2) lattice, resulting in different photophysical properties as compared with undoped SnS(2). This SnS(2)-C photocatalyst significantly enhances the CO(2) reduction activity under visible light, attaining a photochemical quantum efficiency of above 0.7%. The SnS(2)-C photocatalyst represents an important contribution towards high quantum efficiency artificial photosynthesis based on gas phase photocatalytic CO(2) reduction under visible light, where the in situ carbon-doped SnS(2) nanostructure improves the stability and the light harvesting and charge separation efficiency, and significantly enhances the photocatalytic activity. Nature Publishing Group UK 2018-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5766557/ /pubmed/29330430 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02547-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Shown, Indrajit Samireddi, Satyanarayana Chang, Yu-Chung Putikam, Raghunath Chang, Po-Han Sabbah, Amr Fu, Fang-Yu Chen, Wei-Fu Wu, Chih-I Yu, Tsyr-Yan Chung, Po-Wen Lin, M. C. Chen, Li-Chyong Chen, Kuei-Hsien Carbon-doped SnS(2) nanostructure as a high-efficiency solar fuel catalyst under visible light |
title | Carbon-doped SnS(2) nanostructure as a high-efficiency solar fuel catalyst under visible light |
title_full | Carbon-doped SnS(2) nanostructure as a high-efficiency solar fuel catalyst under visible light |
title_fullStr | Carbon-doped SnS(2) nanostructure as a high-efficiency solar fuel catalyst under visible light |
title_full_unstemmed | Carbon-doped SnS(2) nanostructure as a high-efficiency solar fuel catalyst under visible light |
title_short | Carbon-doped SnS(2) nanostructure as a high-efficiency solar fuel catalyst under visible light |
title_sort | carbon-doped sns(2) nanostructure as a high-efficiency solar fuel catalyst under visible light |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5766557/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29330430 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02547-4 |
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