Violet Phosphorene Photocatalyst

CO₂ photoreduction to ethylene

First demonstration of violet phosphorene nanosheets directly photoreducing CO₂ to ethylene, with ethylene as the sole product and no sacrificial agent required.

Rui, Zhai · Zhenyu, Wang · Gu, Mengyue · Liu, Haoliang · Zhao, Xuewen · Jiangfan, Li · Su, Yaqiong · Cheng, Yonghong · Wang, Shaobin · Zhang, Jinying

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2025

Specifications

from CO photoreduction

{'zh': '10.34', 'en': '10.34'} μmol g⁻¹

还原能垒

{'zh': '0.64', 'en': ''} eV

Advantages

Only ethylene detected as product

No hole-sacrificial agent required