@article {2905,
	title = {Carbon-doped SnS2 nanostructure as a high-efficiency solar fuel catalyst under visible light},
	journal = {Nature Communications},
	volume = {9},
	year = {2018},
	note = {<p>n/a</p>
},
	month = {2018},
	pages = {169},
	abstract = {<p>Photocatalytic formation of hydrocarbons using solar energy via artificial photosynthesis is a highly desirable renewable-energy source for replacing conventional fossil fuels. Using an l-cysteine-based hydrothermal process, here we synthesize a carbon-doped SnS2 (SnS2-C)~metal dichalcogenide nanostructure, which exhibits a highly active and selective photocatalytic conversion of CO2 to hydrocarbons under visible-light. The interstitial carbon doping induced microstrain in the SnS2 lattice, resulting in different photophysical properties as compared with undoped SnS2. This SnS2-C photocatalyst significantly enhances the CO2 reduction activity under visible light, attaining a photochemical quantum efficiency of above 0.7\%. The SnS2-C photocatalyst represents an important contribution towards high quantum efficiency artificial photosynthesis based on gas phase photocatalytic CO2 reduction under visible light, where the in situ carbon-doped SnS2 nanostructure improves the stability and the light harvesting and charge separation efficiency, and significantly enhances the photocatalytic activity.</p>
},
	isbn = {2041-1723},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02547-4},
	author = {Indrajit Shown and Satyanarayana Samireddi and Chang, Yu-Chung and Putikam, Raghunath and Chang, Po-Han and Sabbah, Amr and Fang-Yu Fu and Wei-Fu Chen and Chih-I Wu and Yu, Tsyr-Yan and Chung, Po-Wen and M. C. Lin and Li-Chyong Chen and Kuei-Hsien Chen}
}
