Oxygen vacancy engineered unsaturated coordination in cobalt carbonate hydroxide nanowires enables highly selective photocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> reduction
Huanhuan Liu, Fu Zhang, Haifei Wang, Jierui Xue, Yiming Guo, Qizhu Qian, Genqiang Zhang
Abstract
The unsaturated coordinated cobalt centers of Vo-CCO NWs as active sites were manufactured by the self-photoetching approach, which can preferably adsorb and activate CO 2 molecules, effectively inhibiting hydrogen evolution.
Topics & Concepts
CobaltPhotocatalysisHydroxideCarbonateMaterials scienceOxygenCobalt hydroxideNanowireChemical engineeringReduction (mathematics)Vacancy defectInorganic chemistryChemistryNanotechnologyCatalysisMetallurgyCrystallographyOrganic chemistryPhysical chemistryEngineeringGeometryMathematicsElectrochemistryElectrodeAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsAdvanced battery technologies research