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Investigations of the photoelectrochemical properties of different contents In of InxGa1-xN in CO2 reduction

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CO2 reduction with water and light illumination is realized using a nitride (InxGa1-xN) photoelectrode that separates pairs of electrons and holes, thereby driving oxidation and reduction reactions. InxGa1-xN is a promising material for photocatalysis due to its tuneable band gap and excellent optical properties. However, little research has been done on the effect of In contents on CO2 reduction in InxGa1-xN. In this work, the photocatalytic performance of different In contents of InxGa1-xN photoanodes and the electrode's corrosivity in the process of artificial photosynthesis were studied. We found that the photoanode containing 0.9% In enhanced the conversion to CO, CH4, C2H4, and C2H6. Our photoluminescence spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction results suggested that photo-corrosion occurs on the photoanode's surface at the end of the reaction.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51871089, 61674051), the project for Science and Technology Correspondent of Tianjin City (Grant No. 20YDTPJC01710), the Research Foundation of Education Bureau of Hebei (Grant No. QN2021044) and S&T Program of Hebei (Grant No. 20311001D).

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    Guifeng Chen, Huan Li, Hui Zhang, Jintian Liu, Luxiao Xie, Xinjian Xie & Guodong Liu

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    Guifeng Chen & Guodong Liu

  3. Key Laboratory of Nanodevices and Applications, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and NanoBionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215000, China

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Chen, G., Li, H., Zhang, H. et al. Investigations of the photoelectrochemical properties of different contents In of InxGa1-xN in CO2 reduction. Res Chem Intermed 47, 4825–4835 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-021-04556-x

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