Photocatalytic CO2 reduction by Cr-substituted Ba2 (In2-xCrx)O5·(H2O)δ (0.04 ≤ x ≤ 0.60)
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Yoon, SonghakGaul, Michael
Sharma, Sitansh
Son, Kwanghyo
Hagemann, Hans
Ziegenbalg, Dirk
Schwingenschlögl, Udo

Widenmeyer, Marc
Weidenkaff, Anke
KAUST Department
Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE) DivisionMaterials Science and Engineering Program
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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2018-02-09Permanent link to this record
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Cr-substituted polycrystalline Ba2(In2-xCrx)O5·(H2O)δ powders (0.04 ≤ x ≤ 0.60) were synthesized by solid state reaction to investigate the relation of crystal structure, thermochemical, magnetic, and optical properties. The Cr-substitution results in an unit cell expansion and formation of the higher-symmetric tetragonal phase together with increased oxygen and hydrogen contents. Magnetic property measurements reveal that the diamagnetic pristine Ba2In2O5·(H2O)δ becomes magnetically ordered upon Cr-substitution. By UV–vis spectroscopy a gradual shift of the absorption-edge energy to lower values was observed. Numerical calculations showed that the observed bandgap narrowing was ascribed to the Cr induced states near the Fermi level. The correlation between the changes of crystal chemistry, magnetic, and optical properties of Cr-substituted Ba2(In2-xCrx)O5·(H2O)δ can be explained by the replacement of In by Cr. Consequently, an enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction activity was observed with increasing Cr substitution, compatible with the state-of-the-art high surface area TiO2 photocatalyst (P-25).Citation
Yoon S, Gaul M, Sharma S, Son K, Hagemann H, et al. (2018) Photocatalytic CO 2 reduction by Cr-substituted Ba 2 (In 2-x Cr x )O 5 ·(H 2 O) δ (0.04 ≤ x ≤ 0.60). Solid State Sciences. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2018.02.005.Sponsors
The authors wish to express their thanks to Mr. Samir Hammoud for chemical analysis and B.Sc. Maximilian Hackner for UV–visible diffuse reflectance measurements. We also acknowledge Dr. Eberhard Goering for his support with MPMS magnetometry and Mr Cedric Schnyder (Natural History Museum of Geneva) for the additional Raman spectroscopy measurements. Dr. Angelika Veziridis is acknowledged for helpful discussions and comments. This work was financially supported by the Vector Stiftung (project number 2015-044) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (project number 200021_169033/1). The research reported in this publication was supported by funding from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).Publisher
Elsevier BVJournal
Solid State SciencesISSN
1293-2558Additional Links
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1293255817311688ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2018.02.005