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- Title
Nature-Inspired Design of Artificial Solar-to-Fuel Conversion Systems based on Copper Phosphate Microflowers.
- Authors
Wang, Jing; Zhu, Ting; Ho, Ghim Wei
- Abstract
Phosphates play significant roles in plant photosynthesis by mediating electron transportation and furnishing energy for CO2 reduction. Motivated by this, we demonstrate herein an artificial solar-to-fuel conversion system, involving versatile copper phosphate microflowers as template and titanium dioxide nanoparticles as host photocatalyst. The elaborate flowerlike architectures, coupled with a unique proton-reduction cycle from interchangeability of different species of orthophosphate ions, not only offer a 2D nanosheet platform for an optimal heterostructure interface but also effectively augment charge-carrier transfer, thereby contributing to enhanced photoactivity and hydrogen generation. These nature-inspired, phosphate-derived nanocomposites advance the synthesis of a large variety of functional materials, which holds great potential for photochemical, photoelectric and catalytic applications.
- Subjects
COPPER phosphate; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TITANIUM dioxide nanoparticles; NANOCOMPOSITE materials; CHEMICAL reduction; ORTHOPHOSPHATES; PHOTOCATALYSIS
- Publication
ChemSusChem, 2016, Vol 9, Issue 13, p1575
- ISSN
1864-5631
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cssc.201600481