<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tadesse Billo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Indrajit Shown</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anbalagan, Aswin kumar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Effendi, Tirta Amerta</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sabbah, Amr</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fang-Yu Fu</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chu, Che-Men</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Woon, Wei-Yen</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ruei-San Chen</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chih-Hao Lee</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kuei-Hsien Chen</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Li-Chyong Chen</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A mechanistic study of molecular CO2 interaction and adsorption on carbon implanted SnS2 thin film for photocatalytic CO2 reduction activity</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">artificial photosynthesis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Photocatalytic CO reduction</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SnS</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">solar fuels</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211285520302743</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">72</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">104717</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2211-2855</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;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 (&amp;gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
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