In‐situ Integrated Plasmonic TiN@ZIF‐67 Composites for the Photoreduction of CO<sub>2</sub> into Solar Fuels: Insights into their Plasmonic Interaction and Mechanism
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Abstract
Abstract Plasmonic materials (PMs) essentially equip the photocatalysts to harvest energy from visible light photons. Interestingly, these PMs also support the photocatalysts, which has been realized upon the advent of non‐noble metals‐based PMs. In this context, this study reveals an interesting feature of TiN@ZIF‐67 plasmonic composite photocatalysts towards CO 2 reduction under solar irradiation. The composite is prepared via an in‐situ and direct integration process, where the plasmonic TiN nanoparticles are surface‐modified using 3‐aminopropyl‐triethoxysilane/H‐Imidazole‐2‐carbaldehyde in the former and polyvinylpyrrolidone in the latter process to construct the 1H2ImCHO‐TiN@ZIF‐67 and TiN/PVP@ZIF‐67 composites, respectively. The structural and functional properties in these composites are confirmed using XRD and FTIR spectroscopy techniques. It is observed from the TEM images that the in‐situ integration leads to deep‐surface attachments of TiN on ZIF‐67, which exerted a major impact in the CO 2 photoreduction. The 1H2ImCHO‐TiN@ZIF‐67 shows the simultaneous production of ∼0.11 and 0.15 mmol g −1 h −1 of methanol and ethanol, respectively; whereas, the TiN/PVP@ZIF‐67 produces only ∼0.31 mmol g −1 h −1 of methanol. The obtained results demonstrate that developed in‐situ synthetic approach is promising for the synthesis of efficient plasmonic photocatalysts and the product formation during CO 2 photoreduction can be dependent on how PMs are integrated with the host photocatalysts.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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