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Optically selective catalyst design with minimized thermal emission for facilitating photothermal catalysis

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  • Zhengwei Yang

    (Nanjing University)

  • Zhen-Yu Wu

    (Southern University of Science and Technology
    Rice University)

  • Zhexing Lin

    (Nanjing University)

  • Tianji Liu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Liping Ding

    (Shaanxi University of Science & Technology
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Wenbo Zhai

    (ShanghaiTech University)

  • Zipeng Chen

    (Nanjing University)

  • Yi Jiang

    (Nanjing University)

  • Jinlei Li

    (Nanjing University)

  • Siyun Ren

    (Nanjing University)

  • Zhenhui Lin

    (Nanjing University)

  • Wangxi Liu

    (Nanjing University)

  • Jianyong Feng

    (Nanjing University)

  • Xing Zhang

    (Nanjing University)

  • Wei Li

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yi Yu

    (ShanghaiTech University)

  • Bin Zhu

    (Nanjing University)

  • Feng Ding

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Zhaosheng Li

    (Nanjing University)

  • Jia Zhu

    (Nanjing University)

Abstract

Converting solar energy into fuels is pursued as an attractive route to reduce dependence on fossil fuel. In this context, photothermal catalysis is a very promising approach through converting photons into heat to drive catalytic reactions. There are mainly three key factors that govern the photothermal catalysis performance: maximized solar absorption, minimized thermal emission and excellent catalytic property of catalyst. However, the previous research has focused on improving solar absorption and catalytic performance of catalyst, largely neglected the optimization of thermal emission. Here, we demonstrate an optically selective catalyst based Ti3C2Tx Janus design, that enables minimized thermal emission, maximized solar absorption and good catalytic activity simultaneously, thereby achieving excellent photothermal catalytic performance. When applied to Sabatier reaction and reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) as demonstrations, we obtain an approximately 300% increase in catalytic yield through reducing the thermal emission of catalyst by ~70% under the same irradiation intensity. It is worth noting that the CO2 methanation yield reaches 3317.2 mmol gRu−1 h−1 at light power of 2 W cm−2, setting a performance record among catalysts without active supports. We expect that this design opens up a new pathway for the development of high-performance photothermal catalysts.

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  • Zhengwei Yang & Zhen-Yu Wu & Zhexing Lin & Tianji Liu & Liping Ding & Wenbo Zhai & Zipeng Chen & Yi Jiang & Jinlei Li & Siyun Ren & Zhenhui Lin & Wangxi Liu & Jianyong Feng & Xing Zhang & Wei Li & Yi , 2024. "Optically selective catalyst design with minimized thermal emission for facilitating photothermal catalysis," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-51896-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51896-4
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