Small,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Feb. 25, 2025
Transition
metals
are
renowned
for
their
effective
catalytic
properties.
Incorporating
transition
into
halide
perovskite
derivatives
is
a
key
strategy
tuning
the
properties
of
perovskites
to
enhance
photocatalytic
performance.
Understanding
d-orbital
occupancy
and
spin
activity
these
in
CO2
photoreduction
process
essential
fully
realizing
potential
materials.
In
this
study,
layered
synthesized
using
cobalt
(Co)
copper
(Cu)
as
metal
components.
We
observed
that
Cu
Co
exhibit
complementary
absorption
attributed
configuration.
Additionally,
(DMAP)2CuCl4
(DMAP
=
4-Dimethylaminopyridine)
exhibited
highest
performance
with
remarkable
selectivity
CH4
formation
(≈97%).
Pressure-dependent
experiments
showed
higher
pressures
by
improving
saturation
adsorption,
accelerating
reaction
rate
boosting
product
yield.
The
ferromagnetism,
hysteresis,
strong
species
detection
carrier
separation
charge
availability,
conversion
efficiency.
Further,
first-principles-based
atomistic
computations
reveal
more
delocalized
conduction
band
edge
makes
mobile
electrons
available
reduction
(DMAP)2CuX4.
These
findings
guide
design
selective
photocatalysts
highlight
sustainable
energy
solutions.
Nanomaterials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(6), P. 492 - 492
Published: March 9, 2024
Construction
of
a
homojunction
is
an
effective
strategy
for
charge
transfer
to
suppress
carrier
recombination
in
augmented
photocatalysis.
The
present
work
reveals
the
synthesis
formation
through
reinforcement
Cd
nanostructures
into
solid
lattice
zinc
vanadate
(Zn3V2O8,
ZnV)
using
hydrothermal
method.
between
cadmium
(CdV,
Cd3V2O8)
and
ZnV
was
confirmed
by
various
spectroscopic
electron
microscopic
techniques
such
as
Fourier-transform
infrared
(FTIR),
X-ray
diffraction
(XRD),
scanning
microscopy
(SEM)
associated
with
energy-dispersive
(EDX)
mapping,
transmission
(TEM),
photoelectron
spectroscopy
(XPS),
ultraviolet–visible
spectrophotometry
(UV–Vis).
synthesized
material
explored
photocatalytic
hydrogen
(PC
H2)
production
water
splitting
process
under
visible-light
illumination.
experimental
results
revealed
that
CdV/ZnV
significantly
improved
transport
photogenerated
carriers
(electron–hole
pairs)
thus
resulted
enhanced
H2
efficiency
(366.34
μmol
g−1
h−1)
compared
pristine
(229.09
CdV
(274.91
methanol
sacrificial
reagent
(SR)
synergistic
effect
on
NPs
band
gap
reduction
broadened
visible
light
absorption
which
attributed
production.
current
study
explains
how
affects
features
important
factors
behind
activity,
supports
significant
insights
advancement
materials
future.
