Intercalation Effect in NiAl-layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets for CO₂ Reduction Under Visible Light

Abstract

Photocatalytic reduction of CO₂(CO₂PR) to valuable solar fuels is considered as a promising route to the amelioration of fossil fuel conundrum and the mitigation of greenhouse gases. Although progress has been made to enhance CO₂PR performance, the available method that can promote the selectivity of CO₂PR products remains to be a challenge. In this work, we synthesized NO₃ ⁻ or CO₃ ²⁻ intercalated NiAl-layered double hydroxide(NiAl-LDH) photocatalysts and investigated the performance of CO₂PR in the presence of an electron donor and a photosensitizer. Compared with Ni2Al-CO₃ ²⁻, Ni2Al-NO₃ ⁻ exhibited superior catalytic performance in the CO₂PR, and the resulted selectivity of CH₄ in Ni2Al-NO₃ ⁻(6.1%) was 12.2 times that of Ni2Al-CO₃ ²⁻(0.5%) under visible light irradiation. X-Ray absorption fine structure(XAFS) result reveals a relative abundance of defects in Ni2Al-NO₃ ⁻, which played as active sites and promoted charge transfer in CO₂PR for the efficient CH₄ evolution.

Keywords

Visible light catalysis / CO₂ photoreduction / Layered double hydroxide / Intercalated anion / Defect

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