Development of Rh-Doped Ga2O3 Photocatalysts for Reduction of CO2 by H2O as an Electron Donor at a More than 300 nm Wavelength
Development of Rh-Doped Ga2O3 Photocatalysts for Reduction of CO2 by H2O as an Electron Donor at a More than 300 nm Wavelength
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DOI:
10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b04956
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发表时间:
2018-09-20
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Tanaka, Tsunehiro
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作者:
Kikkawa, Soichi;Teramura, Kentaro;Tanaka, Tsunehiro
Rhodium-doped gallium oxide (Ga2O3:Rh) that was prepared by a simple coprecipitation method exhibited activity for the photocatalytic conversion of CO2 by H2O under photoirradiation with light of >300 nm wavelength. Although Ga2O3 is a wide-band-gap photocatalyst that is active only under photoirradiation with 300 nm as a result of Rh doping. Ag-Cr-loaded Ga2O3:Rh (0.7 mol %) showed activity for the production of CO (3.9 mu mol h(-1)) as a reduction product of CO,. The formation of a stoichiometric amount of O-2 indicated that H2O acts as an electron donor for the photocatalytic conversion of CO2. Characterization using several techniques such as X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) revealed that after doping in Ga2O3 the trivalent Rh species substituted not for the tetrahedral Ga site but for the octahedral Ga site of beta-Ga2O3. From the result of DFT calculations, the new energy level owing to Rh3+ was within the Ga2O3 band gap. It was concluded that the new absorption due to the Rh d t(2g) orbital to the conduction band contributed to the activity of photocatalytic conversion of CO2 by H2O under photoirradiation with light of >300 nm wavelength.