Photocatalytically reducing CO₂ to methyl formate in methanol over ZnS and Ni-doped ZnS photocatalysts
2013
Chen, Jingshuai | Xin, Feng | Qin, Shiyue | Yin, Xiaohong
A series of ZnS photocatalysts were prepared via simple precipitation, ion-exchange and hydrothermal methods, respectively; meanwhile, various Ni-doped ZnS photocatalysts were synthesized by hydrothermal method. The obtained photocatalysts were characterized by XRD, UV–Vis, BET and SEM, and used for photocatalytically reducing CO₂ to produce methyl formate in methanol, which worked as both solution of absorbing CO₂ and sacrificial reagent. Under the analysis of an on-line ATR-FTIR spectroscopy for CO₂ in methanol and detection of GC for the products, the experimental results showed that the ZnS photocatalysts prepared by hydrothermal method had higher photocatalytic activity, which increased rapidly with the increasing hydrothermal time and reached a maximum at 24h. Besides, the doping of Ni²⁺ could further enhance this activity, the optimal content of Ni dopant was about 0.3wt% and the corresponding methyl formate production rate was 121.4μmolg⁻¹h⁻¹. The high photocatalytic activity could be attributed to that the Ni²⁺ doping facilitated the separation of photogenerated electron–hole pairs and reduced their recombination probability.
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