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Crafting of plasmonic Au nanoparticles coupled ultrathin BiOBr nanosheets heterostructure: steering charge transfer for efficient CO2 photoreduction

Gaopeng Liua,1, Lin Wanga,1, Xin Chena, Xingwang Zhua, Bin Wanga, Xinyuan Xua, Ziran Chenb, Wenshuai Zhua(), Huaming Lia, Jiexiang Xiaa()
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
Department of Architecture and Environment Engineering, Sichuan Vocational and Technical College, Suining, 629000, China

1 These authors contributed equally to this work.

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● Au nanoparticles coupled ultrathin BiOBr nanosheets heterostructure has been constructed via photoreduction strategy.

● Au nanoparticles serve as 'electron sink', achieving an ultra-fast charge transfer.

● BiOBr and plasmonic Au nanoparticles synchronous accelerates the CO2 molecule activation.

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Integrating semiconductor photocatalysts with outstanding visible light absorption and fast surface/interface charge transfer kinetics is still an enormous challenge for efficient CO2 photoreduction. In this work, the Au nanoparticles have been coupled with ultrathin BiOBr nanosheets, the formed heterostructure (Au/BiOBr) possesses a localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) and enhances the visible light absorption ability, as well as forms a fast charge transport channel on the interface between Au and BiOBr. Thus, the heterostructure photocatalyst exhibits higher photocatalytic CO2 to CO performance (135.3/16.43 μmol g−1) than that of BiOBr (89.0/6.46 μmol g−1) under 300 W Xe lamp and visible light (λ > 400 nm) irradiation for 5 h, respectively. Finally, the in situ FT-IR spectroscopy revealed CO2 photoreduction process and found that the *COOH is the key intermediate for CO2 to CO. This work provides an effective method to construct multielectron transfer scheme for efficient photocatalytic CO2 reduction.

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Au nanoparticlesBiOBrLocalized surface plasmon resonanceCharge transferCO2 photoreduction

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Green Chemical Engineering
Volume 3 Issue 2,
June 2022
Pages 157-164
DOI: 10.1016/j.gce.2021.11.007
Cite this article:
Liu G, Wang L, Chen X, et al. Crafting of plasmonic Au nanoparticles coupled ultrathin BiOBr nanosheets heterostructure: steering charge transfer for efficient CO2 photoreduction. Green Chemical Engineering, 2022, 3(2): 157-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gce.2021.11.007
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