Enhancing photocatalytic CO2 reduction activity of ZnIn2S4/MOF-808 microsphere with S-scheme heterojunction by in situ synthesis method

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The design of a heterogeneous structure for photocatalysts has attracted significant attention. In this study, a step-scheme (S-scheme) heterojunction was designed using an in-situ synthesis method. The resulting heterojunction comprised 3D microspheres of ZnIn₂S₄ and octahedral MOF-808 (ZnIn₂S₄/MOF-808). During this process, we investigated the impact of the scale of the ZnIn₂S₄ microspheres on performance by controlling the growth of the ZnIn₂S₄ microspheres with various scales. The maximum catalytic activity was discovered to be achieved with ZnIn₂S₄ microspheres of 6 µm when coupled with MOF-808. Compared to pure ZnIn₂S₄ and MOF-808, the fabricated S-scheme ZnIn₂S₄/MOF-808 heterojunction exhibited notably improved photocatalytic CO₂ reduction performance. The performance of the CO yield of the optimized sample could reach 8.21 μmol g^‒1 h^‒1, which was approximately 10 and 8 times higher than those of ZnIn₂S₄ (0.84 μmol g^‒1 h^‒1) and MOF-808 (1.03 μmol g^‒1 h^‒1), respectively. Moreover, ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy, ESR, in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and density functional theory calculations were used to study the charge transfer mechanism of the S-scheme heterojunction. In-situ FT-IR investigation established the Carbene pathway as the source of CO production (CO₂ → CO₂^* → COOH^* → CO^* → CO). This study provides an efficient method for designing an S-scheme heterojunction for photocatalytic CO₂ reduction.

Key words: S-scheme heterojunction, Morphological effect, Photocatalytic CO₂ reduction, Photogenerated electrons and holes, Charge transfer mechanism

Mingming Song, Xianghai Song, Xin Liu, Weiqiang Zhou, Pengwei Huo. Enhancing photocatalytic CO₂ reduction activity of ZnIn₂S₄/MOF-808 microsphere with S-scheme heterojunction by in situ synthesis method[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2023, 51: 180-192.

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Scheme 1. Preparation process of ZnIn2S4/MOF-808.

Fig. 1. (a) XRD patterns of the prepared samples. FT-IR spectra (b), nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms (c) and BJH pore size distributions (d) of MOF-808, ZIS and ZM6-15%.

Fig. 2. In-situ and ex-situ XPS spectra of MOF-808, ZIS and ZM6-15%. (a) Survey; (b) O 1s; (c) Zr 3d; (d) S 2p; (e) In 3d; (f) Zn 2p.

Fig. 3. TEM results of MOF-808 (a), ZIS (b), ZM6-15% (c). SEM results of MOF-808 (d), ZIS (e), ZM6-15% (f), and elemental mapping of C (g), O (h), Zr (i), In (j), S (k), Zn (l).

Fig. 4. UV-vis diffuse reflection spectra of different photocatalysts (a), band gap spectra (b), PL emission spectrum (c) and transient fluorescence spectrum (d) of MOF-808, ZIS and ZM6-15% materials monitored under 380 nm laser excitation.

Fig. 5. Transient photocurrent responses (a), EIS (b), LSV curves (c), and corresponding capacitance currents (d) of MOF-808, ZIS and ZM6-15%.

Fig. 6. CO yields (a) and production rate of CO (b) for different photocatalysts. (c) Kinetics curves of CO2 reduction over ZM6-15% under different conditions. (d) GC-MS results of 13CO2, produced over ZM6-15%.

Fig. 7. ESR spectra for DMPO/?O2- in methanol dispersion (a) and for DMPO/?OH in aqueous dispersion (b). In-situ FT-IR spectra for before (c) and after (d) photocatalytic reduction of ZM6-15%.

Fig. 8. UPS spectra of MOF-808 (a) and ZIS (b). Sketches of charge transfer before and after contact (c), side view of ZnIn2S4/MOF-808 structure (d) and the charge density difference for ZnIn2S4/MOF-808 (e).

Fig. 9. Proposed mechanism of the photocatalytic CO2 reduction over ZnIn2S4/MOF-808.

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