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Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Assisted Photothermal Catalysis of CO and Toluene Oxidation over Pd–CeO2 Catalyst under Visible Light Irradiation
journal contribution
posted on 2016-12-12, 00:00 authored by Jinshuo Zou, Zhichun Si, Yidan Cao, Rui Ran, Xiaodong Wu, Duan WengThe
extinction peak of Pd particles generally locates at the ultraviolet
light region, suggesting that only 4% of solar light can be absorbed.
Furthermore, the efficiency of LSPR hot electrons converted to chemical
energy of reaction is very low due to the fast relaxation of carriers.
It is extremely valuable to design Pd-based catalysts which have strong
response to the visible light irradiation and high efficiency in photon
to chemical energy. The Pd–CeO2 catalyst was synthesized
via the hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) assisted
liquid-phase reduction method to generate more active interfaces.
The significant extinction of Pd–CeO2 in the visible
to near-infrared region indicates the strong electron interaction
between Pd and CeO2. LSPR hot electrons, transferring from
the Pd metal particles to the conduction band of ceria, promote the
dissociation of adsorbed oxygen. Therefore, the reaction temperature
of CO and toluene oxidation can be significantly lowered by visible
light irradiation. The maximum light efficiencies of Pd–CeO2 catalyst for toluene oxidation and CO oxidation are obtained
as 0.42% and 1%, which benefit from the effective Pd–O–Ce
interfaces.