The roles of gold and silver nanoparticles on ZnIn2S4/silver (gold)/tetra(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin iron(III) chloride hybrids in carbon dioxide photoreduction

Pan Li; Xiaorui Jia; Jinping Zhang; Jieqiong Li; Jinqiang Zhang; Lijing Wang; Junmei Wang; Qingfeng Zhou; Wei Wei; Xiaoli Zhao; Shuaijun Wang; Hongqi Sun

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2022.08.097

The roles of gold and silver nanoparticles on ZnIn₂S₄/silver (gold)/tetra(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin iron(III) chloride hybrids in carbon dioxide photoreduction

J Colloid Interface Sci. 2022 Dec 15;628(Pt B):831-839. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.08.097. Epub 2022 Aug 17.

Authors

Pan Li¹, Xiaorui Jia¹, Jinping Zhang¹, Jieqiong Li¹, Jinqiang Zhang², Lijing Wang¹, Junmei Wang¹, Qingfeng Zhou¹, Wei Wei³, Xiaoli Zhao⁴, Shuaijun Wang⁵, Hongqi Sun⁴

Affiliations

¹ Henan Engineering Center of New Energy Battery Materials, Henan D&A Engineering Center of Advanced Battery Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shangqiu Normal University, Shangqiu, Henan 476000, China.
² School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
³ Henan Engineering Center of New Energy Battery Materials, Henan D&A Engineering Center of Advanced Battery Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shangqiu Normal University, Shangqiu, Henan 476000, China. Electronic address: weiweizzuli@163.com.
⁴ School of Science, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.
⁵ School of Energy and Power Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China. Electronic address: shuaijunwang@ujs.edu.cn.

PMID: 36029597
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.08.097

Abstract

The construction of hybrid catalysts composed of inorganic semiconductors and molecular catalysts shows great potential for achieving high photocatalytic carbon dioxide (CO₂) conversion efficiency. In this study, ZnIn₂S₄ was first synthesized via a solvothermal route. Gold (Au) and silver (Ag) nanoparticles were then deposited on ZnIn₂S₄ via the reduction of noble metal precursor by sulfur vacancy defects. The obtained composite was further combined with tetra(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin iron(III) chloride (FeTCPP) molecular catalyst for efficient photocatalytic CO₂ conversion. The roles of different noble metal nanoparticles in charge separation and interfacial electron transfer have been comprehensively studied. The photocatalytic performance and photoelectrochemical characterizations demonstrate that the introduction of Ag or Au nanoparticles is beneficial for charge separation. More importantly, the presence of Ag nanoparticles plays a crucial role in promoting the interfacial charge transfer between ZnIn₂S₄ and FeTCPP, whereas, Au nanoparticles function as active sites for the water reduction reaction.

Keywords: Carbon dioxide photoreduction; Interfacial electron transfer; Noble metal nanoparticles; ZnIn(2)S(4); tetra(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin iron(III) chloride.