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Billo, T, Shown I, kumar Anbalagan A, Effendi TA, Sabbah A, Fu F-Y, Chu C-M, Woon W-Y, Chen R-S, Lee C-H, Chen K-H, Chen L-C.  2020.  A mechanistic study of molecular CO2 interaction and adsorption on carbon implanted SnS2 thin film for photocatalytic CO2 reduction activity, 2020. 72:104717. AbstractWebsite

Gas-phase photocatalytic reactions to convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and hydrocarbons are the foundation of life on earth. However, the efficiency of photosynthesis is relatively low (~1%), which leaves much room for artificial photosynthesis to reach the benchmark of the solar cells (>15%). In this work, carbon implanted SnS2 thin films (C–SnS2) were prepared to study photocatalytic activity and adsorbate-catalyst surface interactions during CO2 photoreduction. The electron density distribution in C–SnS2 and its contribution toward the photogenerated charge transfer process has been analyzed by the angle-dependent X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) study. The C–SnS2 surface affinity toward the CO2 molecule was monitored by in-situ dark current and Raman spectroscopy measurements. By optimizing the dose during ion implantation, SnS2 thin film with 1 wt% carbon incorporation shows 108 times enhancement in the CO2 conversion efficiency and more than 89% product selectivity toward CH4 formation compared with the as-grown SnS2 without carbon incorporation. The improved photocatalytic activity can be ascribed to enhanced light harvesting, pronounced charge-transfer between SnS2 and carbon with improved carrier separation and the availability of highly active carbon sites that serve as favorable CO2 adsorption sites.

Ebrahimi, M, Samadi M, Yousefzadeh S, Soltani M, Rahimi A, Chou T-chin, Chen L-C, Chen K-H, Moshfegh AZ.  2017.  Improved Solar-Driven Photocatalytic Activity of Hybrid Graphene Quantum Dots/ZnO Nanowires: A Direct Z-Scheme Mechanism, 2017. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & EngineeringACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 5(1):367-375.: American Chemical Society AbstractWebsite
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Qorbani, M, Chou T-chin, Lee Y-H, Samireddi S, Naseri N, Ganguly A, Esfandiar A, Wang C-H, Chen L-C, Chen K-H, Moshfegh AZ.  2017.  Multi-porous Co3O4 nanoflakes @ sponge-like few-layer partially reduced graphene oxide hybrids: towards highly stable asymmetric supercapacitors. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5:12569-12577.
E. N. Konyushenko, Stejskal* J, Trchova M, Hradi J, Kovarova J, Prokes J, Cieslar M, Hwang JY, Chen KH, Sapurina I.  2006.  Multi-wall carbon nanotubes coated with polyaniline. Polymer. 47:5715-5723.
and T. N. Arunagiri, Zhang Y, Chyan* O, El-Bounani M, Kim MJ, Wu CT, Chen LC, Chen KH.  2005.  A 5 nm ruthenium thin film as a directly plate-able copper diffusion barrier. Appl. Phys. Lett.. 86:083104-(1-3).