Biomolecule assisted hydrothermal synthesis of indium intercalated 2D ZrSe2 microflowers for photocatalytic CO2 reduction to MeOH and CH4

Muhammad Younis; Muhammad Waqas; Muhammad Awais; Yasir Abbas; Misbah Mirza; Muhammad Safdar; Muhammad Tariq

doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2021.131368

Biomolecule assisted hydrothermal synthesis of indium intercalated 2D ZrSe₂ microflowers for photocatalytic CO₂ reduction to MeOH and CH₄

Muhammad Younis
, Muhammad Waqas
, Muhammad Awais
, Yasir Abbas
, Misbah Mirza
, Muhammad Safdar^*
, Muhammad Tariq

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Indium (In)-intercalated zirconium diselenide (InZrSe₂) microflowers were prepared through solvothermal method assisted with alginic acid biomolecule. The In intercalation into 2D ZrSe₂ nanostructures helped for the nucleation process along with cationic stability and improved crystallinity as well as morphology. The InZrSe₂ microflowers have optimized bandgap value i.e., 1.65 eV and showed good photocatalytic CO₂ conversion to methanol and methane through hydrogenation. The results showed satisfied selectivity for methanol (87%) during CO₂ photoconversion with production rate up to 740.574µmolg^-1h⁻¹ and rate of methane hydrogenation (54% selectivity) to be 10.12µmolg^-1h⁻¹. Also, the photocatalytic degradation of Congo red (CR) was observed up to 86% for 10 ppm solution.

Original language	English
Article number	131368
Journal	Materials Letters
Volume	309
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2021.131368
State	Published - 15 Feb 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

CO Reduction
Microflowers
Photocatalysis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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