Accurate exploration of synergistic thermal effect: Low-grade-heat-promoted charge recombination coupled with spherical incidence for efficient sunlight-driven photocatalysis
- 9 June 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 154 (22), 221102
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0055850
Abstract
The major objective of the emerging photo-thermo-catalysis is using waste heat to boost the photocatalytic reaction, especially that powered by sunlight. Because of the complex composition of light-intensity-dependent apparent activation energies, the issue that principally hinders the synergistic thermal effect to photocatalysis has hardly been accurately explored. In this work, by virtue of mutual match of theoretical simulation and experimental behaviors, we demonstrate that photocatalytic reaction rates exhibit a sensitively positive correlation with temperature under weak illumination, in which charge recombination predominates the rate-determining step of semiconductor–cocatalyst interfacial electron transfer. Under high-intensity irradiation, however, the aggravation of charge leakage inherently accompanied by thermionic emission severely weakens the synergistic thermal effect or even slows down the reaction by raising the temperature. Inspired by these, we manage to maximize the photocatalytic solar utilization by spherical incidence of sunlight with the assistance of low-grade heat.Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (21773285, 91545116, U1932128, U1510108)
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