Synergistic ultraviolet and visible light photo-activation enables intensified low-temperature methanol synthesis over copper/zinc oxide/alumina.
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
31 Mar 2020
31 Mar 2020
Historique:
received:
11
11
2019
accepted:
26
02
2020
entrez:
3
4
2020
pubmed:
3
4
2020
medline:
3
4
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Although photoexcitation has been employed to unlock the low-temperature equilibrium regimes of thermal catalysis, mechanism underlining potential interplay between electron excitations and surface chemical processes remains elusive. Here, we report an associative zinc oxide band-gap excitation and copper plasmonic excitation that can cooperatively promote methanol-production at the copper-zinc oxide interfacial perimeter of copper/zinc oxide/alumina (CZA) catalyst. Conversely, selective excitation of individual components only leads to the promotion of carbon monoxide production. Accompanied by the variation in surface copper oxidation state and local electronic structure of zinc, electrons originating from the zinc oxide excitation and copper plasmonic excitation serve to activate surface adsorbates, catalysing key elementary processes (namely formate conversion and hydrogen molecule activation), thus providing one explanation for the observed photothermal activity. These observations give valuable insights into the key elementary processes occurring on the surface of the CZA catalyst under light-heat dual activation.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32235859
doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15445-z
pii: 10.1038/s41467-020-15445-z
pmc: PMC7109065
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Journal Article
Langues
eng
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Organisme : Department of Education and Training | Australian Research Council (ARC)
ID : FL140100081
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