articleAdvanced MaterialsFeb 25, 2022Closed access

Synergy between Palladium Single Atoms and Nanoparticles via Hydrogen Spillover for Enhancing CO 2 Photoreduction to CH 4

University of Science and Technology of China · Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at Nanoscale · +1 more institution

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Abstract Selective photoreduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) into carbon‐neutral fuels such as methane (CH 4 ) is extremely desirable but remains a challenge since sluggish multiple proton–electron coupling transfer and various C 1 intermediates are involved. Herein, a synergistic function between single Pd atoms (Pd 1 ) and Pd nanoparticles (Pd NPs ) on graphitic carbon nitride (C 3 N 4 ) for photocatalytic CO 2 methanation is presented. The catalyst achieves a high selectivity of 97.8% for CH 4 production with a yield of 20.3 µmol g cat. −1 h −1 in pure water. Mechanistic studies revealed that Pd 1 sites activated CO 2 , while Pd NPs sites boosted water (H 2 O) dissociation for increased H* coverage. The H*…

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