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Integrating photocatalytic reduction of CO2 with selective oxidation of tetrahydroisoquinoline over InP–In2O3 Z-scheme p-n junction

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The development of a facile strategy to construct stable hierarchal porous heterogeneous photocatalysts remains a great challenge for efficient CO2 reduction. Additionally, hole-trapping sacrificial agents (e.g., triethanolamine, triethylamine, and methanol) are mostly necessary, which produce useless chemicals, and thus cause costs/environmental concerns. Therefore, utilizing oxidation ability of holes to develop an alternative photooxidation reaction to produce value-added chemicals, especially coupled with CO2 photoreduction, is highly desirable. Here, an in situ partial phosphating method of In2O3 is reported for synthesizing InP–In2O3 p-n junction. A highly selective photooxidation of tetrahydroisoquinoline (THIQ) into value-added dihydroisoquinoline (DHIQ) is to replace the hole driven oxidation of typical sacrificial agents. Meanwhile, the photoelectrons of InP–In2O3 p-n junction can induce the efficient photoreduction of CO2 to CO with high selectivity and stability. The evolution rates of DHIQ and CO are 2 and 3.8 times higher than those of the corresponding In2O3 n-type precursor, respectively. In situ irradiated X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and electron spin resonance are utilized to confirm that the direct Z-scheme mechanism of InP–In2O3 p-n junction accelerate the efficient separation of photocarriers.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21422104), and the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City (17JCJQJC44700, 16JCZDJC30600).

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Bohang Zhao, Yi Huang, Dali Liu, Yifu Yu & Bin Zhang

  2. Institute of Molecular Plus, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Yifu Yu

  3. Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Bin Zhang

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Zhao, B., Huang, Y., Liu, D. et al. Integrating photocatalytic reduction of CO2 with selective oxidation of tetrahydroisoquinoline over InP–In2O3 Z-scheme p-n junction. Sci. China Chem. 63, 28–34 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-019-9620-1

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