Citation: Cheng-Cheng Jiao, Guang-Xing Dong, Ke Su, You-Xiang Feng, Min Zhang, Tong-Bu Lu. The construction of InVO₄/BiVO₄ heterojunction via cation-exchange for efficient and highly selective CO₂ photoreduction to methanol[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2026, 37(1): 110752. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110752 shu

The construction of InVO₄/BiVO₄ heterojunction via cation-exchange for efficient and highly selective CO₂ photoreduction to methanol

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MOE International Joint Laboratory of Materials Microstructure, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China

ksu2021@stud.tjut.edu.cn

zm2016@email.tjut.edu.cn

Received Date: 12 November 2024
Revised Date: 1 December 2024
Accepted Date: 11 December 2024
Available Online: 12 December 2024

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Converting CO₂ into methanol (CH₃OH), a high-value-added liquid-phase product, through efficient and highly selective photocatalysis remains a significant challenge. Herein, we present a straightforward cation exchange strategy for the in-situ growth of BiVO₄ on an InVO₄ substrate to generate a Z-scheme heterojunction of InVO₄/BiVO₄. This in-situ partial transformation approach endows the InVO₄/BiVO₄ heterojunction with a tightly connected interface, resulting in a significant improvement in charge separation efficiency between InVO₄ and BiVO₄. Moreover, the construction of the heterojunction reduces the formation energy barrier of the *COOH intermediate during the photoreduction of CO₂ and increases the desorption energy barrier of the *CO intermediate, facilitating the deep reduction of *CO. Consequently, the InVO₄/BiVO₄ heterojunction is capable of photocatalytic CO₂ reduction to CH₃OH with high efficiency and selectivity. Under conditions where water serves as the electron source and a light intensity of 100 mW/cm², the yield of CH₃OH reaches 130.5 µmol g⁻¹ h⁻¹ with a selectivity of 92 %, outperforming photocatalysts reported under similar conditions.
- Cation exchange,
- Charge transfer,
- CO₂ reduction,
- Heterojunction,
- Photocatalysis
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