TY - JOUR

T1 - A feasible interlayer strategy for simultaneous light and heat management in photothermal catalysis

AU - Xiao, Yi

AU - Feng, Kai

AU - Dawson, Graham

AU - Толстой, Валерий Павлович

AU - An, Xingda

AU - Li, Chaoran

AU - He, Le

PY - 2024/6/21

Y1 - 2024/6/21

N2 - Photothermal conversion represents one crucial approach for solar energyharvesting and its exploitation as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, however, an efficient, cost-effective, and generalized approach to enhance the photothermal conversion processes is still missing. Herein, we develop a feasible and efficient photothermal conversion strategy that achieves simultaneous light and heat management using supported metal clusters and WSe2 interlayer towards enhanced CO2 hydrogenation photothermal catalysis. The interlayer can simultaneously reduce heat loss in the catalytic layer and improve light absorption, leading to an 8-fold higher CO2 conversion rate than the controls. The optical and thermal performance of WSe2 interlayered catalysts on different substrates was quantified using Raman spectroscopy.This work demonstrates a feasible and generalized approach for effective light and heat management in solar harvesting. It also provides important design guidelines for efficient photothermal converters that facilitate the remediation of the energy and environmental crises faced by humans.

AB - Photothermal conversion represents one crucial approach for solar energyharvesting and its exploitation as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, however, an efficient, cost-effective, and generalized approach to enhance the photothermal conversion processes is still missing. Herein, we develop a feasible and efficient photothermal conversion strategy that achieves simultaneous light and heat management using supported metal clusters and WSe2 interlayer towards enhanced CO2 hydrogenation photothermal catalysis. The interlayer can simultaneously reduce heat loss in the catalytic layer and improve light absorption, leading to an 8-fold higher CO2 conversion rate than the controls. The optical and thermal performance of WSe2 interlayered catalysts on different substrates was quantified using Raman spectroscopy.This work demonstrates a feasible and generalized approach for effective light and heat management in solar harvesting. It also provides important design guidelines for efficient photothermal converters that facilitate the remediation of the energy and environmental crises faced by humans.

KW - CO2 hydrogenation Journal

KW - heat management

KW - Catalysis

KW - Physical chemistry

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/b0bd7abf-6d64-3b69-b1c9-25dd63eb40ee/

U2 - 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109792

DO - 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109792

M3 - Article

VL - 27

JO - iScience

JF - iScience

SN - 2589-0042

IS - 6

M1 - 109792

ER -