Photochemical Reduction of CO2 Using TiO2: Effects of Organic Adsorbates on TiO2 and Deposition of Pd onto TiO2
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- 21 June 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
- Vol. 3 (7), 2594-2600
- https://doi.org/10.1021/am200425y
Abstract
Reduction of CO(2) using semiconductors as photocatalysts has recently attracted a great deal of attention again. The effects of organic adsorbates on semiconductors on the photocatalytic products are noteworthy. On untreated TiO(2) (P-25) particles a considerable number of organic molecules such as acetic acid were adsorbed. Although irradiation of an aqueous suspension of this TiO(2) resulted in the formation of a significant amount of CH(4) as a major product, it was strongly suggested that its formation mainly proceeded via the photo-Kolbe reaction of acetic acid. Using TiO(2) treated by calcination and washing procedures for removal of the organic adsorbates, CO was photocatalytically generated as a major product, along with a very small amount of CH(4), from an aqueous suspension under a CO(2) atmosphere. In contrast, by using Pd (>0.5 wt %) deposited on TiO(2) (Pd-TiO(2)) on which organic adsorbates were not detected, CH(4) was the main product, but CO formation was drastically reduced compared with that on the pretreated TiO(2). Experimental data, including isotope labeling, indicated that CO(2) and CO(3)(2-) are the main carbon sources of the CH(4) formation, which proceeds on the Pd site of Pd-TiO(2). Prolonged irradiation caused deactivation of the photocatalysis of Pd-TiO(2) because of the partial oxidation of the deposited Pd to PdO.Keywords
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