Gas sensitization and photochromism of CaTiO3-δ for visible-light photocatalysis
Abstract
A wide bandgap CaTiO3-δ (CTO) with oxygen vacancy (VO) was prepared to investigate the sensitization or photochromism caused by the adsorbed gaseous species, and the resultant photocatalytic performance of CTO under visible light. The adsorption of CO2 was able to produce an intermediate gap state in CTO according to the density-function-theory (DFT) calculations and was found to increase the light absorption peak at 482 nm (A482). During photocatalytic NO oxidation in air, the VO on the surface could enhance adsorption and further oxidation of NO2 intermediates. Furthermore, the gas sensitization and photochromism of CTO contributed to the activation of O2 in dry air. Our findings will help deepen the knowledge about the chemisorption of gaseous species in the electronic structural tunability of semiconductors and the resultant impact on the photocatalytic reaction at the gas/solid interface.
Citation
Chen , J , Wang , C , Li , J , Ni , J , Tang , Y , Irvine , J T S & Ni , C 2023 , ' Gas sensitization and photochromism of CaTiO 3-δ for visible-light photocatalysis ' , Chemical Engineering Journal , vol. 455 , no. Part 2 , 140896 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.140896
Publication
Chemical Engineering Journal
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1385-8947Type
Journal article
Description
Funding: We would like to acknowledge the support from the National Key Research and Development Program of China (grant No. 2022YFD1601102), Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, 51702264, 41371275), the Fundamental Research Funds for the central universities (SWURC2020002). Funding from Chongqing Science and Technology Committee (cstc2021ycjh-bgzxm0162) is also acknowledged. CN also thanks the support of Bayu Young Scholar from Chongqing.Collections
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