Photoelectrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to methanol on p-type CuFe2O4 under visible light irradiation

Artificial photosynthesis has the potential to produce solar fuels from CO2 and H2O using an efficient photocatalyst. Semiconductor with low band gap and high stability is always the right candidate to be used as photocatalyst. Photocatalytic (PC) reduction of CO2 suffers from slow reaction kinetics...

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Main Authors: Karim, Kaykobad Md Rezaul, Ong, Huei Ruey, Hamidah, Abdullah, Yousuf, Abu, Cheng, C. K., Khan, Maksudur R.
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Published: Elsevier Ltd 2018
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22399/1/Photoelectrochemical%20reduction%20of%20carbon%20dioxide%20to%20methanol.pdf
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author Karim, Kaykobad Md Rezaul
Ong, Huei Ruey
Hamidah, Abdullah
Yousuf, Abu
Cheng, C. K.
Khan, Maksudur R.
author_facet Karim, Kaykobad Md Rezaul
Ong, Huei Ruey
Hamidah, Abdullah
Yousuf, Abu
Cheng, C. K.
Khan, Maksudur R.
author_sort Karim, Kaykobad Md Rezaul
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description Artificial photosynthesis has the potential to produce solar fuels from CO2 and H2O using an efficient photocatalyst. Semiconductor with low band gap and high stability is always the right candidate to be used as photocatalyst. Photocatalytic (PC) reduction of CO2 suffers from slow reaction kinetics and poor yield of product. Photocatalytic reaction in assistance with judicious bias potential is a solution to increase the catalytic activity and reduce the electron/hole (e−/h+) recombination rate. In the present work, a p-type CuFe2O4 was synthesized and used for photoelectrochemical (PEC) CO2 reduction. The catalyst was characterized by UV-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis), Mott-Schottky (MS), chronoamperometry, X-Ray powder diffraction (XRD), X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Methanol was found as only product in liquid phase produced by photoelectrochemical reduction of CO2 at a bias potential of −0.5 V (vs NHE) under light irradiation (at 470 nm). The quantum efficiency and incident photon to current efficiency(IPCE) were found as 14.4% and 5.1% respectively revealed that, CuFe2O4 is a potential photocathode for PEC of CO2 reduction.
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spelling UMPir223992018-11-21T03:36:24Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22399/ Photoelectrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to methanol on p-type CuFe2O4 under visible light irradiation Karim, Kaykobad Md Rezaul Ong, Huei Ruey Hamidah, Abdullah Yousuf, Abu Cheng, C. K. Khan, Maksudur R. TP Chemical technology Artificial photosynthesis has the potential to produce solar fuels from CO2 and H2O using an efficient photocatalyst. Semiconductor with low band gap and high stability is always the right candidate to be used as photocatalyst. Photocatalytic (PC) reduction of CO2 suffers from slow reaction kinetics and poor yield of product. Photocatalytic reaction in assistance with judicious bias potential is a solution to increase the catalytic activity and reduce the electron/hole (e−/h+) recombination rate. In the present work, a p-type CuFe2O4 was synthesized and used for photoelectrochemical (PEC) CO2 reduction. The catalyst was characterized by UV-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis), Mott-Schottky (MS), chronoamperometry, X-Ray powder diffraction (XRD), X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Methanol was found as only product in liquid phase produced by photoelectrochemical reduction of CO2 at a bias potential of −0.5 V (vs NHE) under light irradiation (at 470 nm). The quantum efficiency and incident photon to current efficiency(IPCE) were found as 14.4% and 5.1% respectively revealed that, CuFe2O4 is a potential photocathode for PEC of CO2 reduction. Elsevier Ltd 2018 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22399/1/Photoelectrochemical%20reduction%20of%20carbon%20dioxide%20to%20methanol.pdf Karim, Kaykobad Md Rezaul and Ong, Huei Ruey and Hamidah, Abdullah and Yousuf, Abu and Cheng, C. K. and Khan, Maksudur R. (2018) Photoelectrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to methanol on p-type CuFe2O4 under visible light irradiation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43 (39). pp. 18185-18193. ISSN 0360-3199. (Published) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.07.174 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.07.174
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Karim, Kaykobad Md Rezaul
Ong, Huei Ruey
Hamidah, Abdullah
Yousuf, Abu
Cheng, C. K.
Khan, Maksudur R.
Photoelectrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to methanol on p-type CuFe2O4 under visible light irradiation
title Photoelectrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to methanol on p-type CuFe2O4 under visible light irradiation
title_full Photoelectrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to methanol on p-type CuFe2O4 under visible light irradiation
title_fullStr Photoelectrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to methanol on p-type CuFe2O4 under visible light irradiation
title_full_unstemmed Photoelectrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to methanol on p-type CuFe2O4 under visible light irradiation
title_short Photoelectrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to methanol on p-type CuFe2O4 under visible light irradiation
title_sort photoelectrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to methanol on p type cufe2o4 under visible light irradiation
topic TP Chemical technology
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22399/1/Photoelectrochemical%20reduction%20of%20carbon%20dioxide%20to%20methanol.pdf
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