<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Das, Risov</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sarkar, Shreya</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kumar, Ritesh</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ramarao, Seethiraju D.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cherevotan, Arjun</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jasil, Mohammed</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vinod, Chathakudath P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Singh, Abhishek Kumar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Peter, Sebastian C.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Noble-metal-free heterojunction photocatalyst for selective CO2 reduction to methane upon induced strain relaxation</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ACS Catalysis</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CO2 reduction</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">heterostructure</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">methane</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Photocatalysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Z-scheme</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2022</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JAN </style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">687-697</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;
	Sunlight-driven CO2 hydrogenation has drawn tremendous attention. However, selective CH4 formation via CO2 photoreduction is very challenging. Herein, we report a metal oxide semiconductor heterojunction consisting of BiVO4 and WO3 as a photocatalyst for the efficient conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) selectively to methane (105 mu mol g(-1) h(-1)) under visible light in the absence of a sacrificial agent. Wise selection of the reaction medium and the strategically tuned heterojunction upon strain relaxation suppresses the competitive hydrogen generation reaction. The detailed photophysical, photoelectrochemical, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy studies pointed to the Z-scheme mechanism of electron transfer, which favors superior electron and hole separation compared to the individual components of the composite catalyst and other well-known photocatalysts reported for CO2 reduction. The observations are further corroborated by experimental diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy and theoretical density-functional theory calculations, which reveal that the heterojunction has a lower free-energy barrier for CO2 conversion to CH4 due to the larger stabilization of the *CH2O intermediate on the strain-relaxed heterojunction surface, in comparison to the pristine BiVO4 surface. The present work provides fundamental insights for constructing high-performance heterojunction photocatalysts for the selective conversion of CO2 to desired chemicals and fuels.&lt;/p&gt;
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