Solving the Conundrum of the Influence of Irradiation Power on Photothermal CO&lt

[EN] Solar photocatalysis appears as a viable approach for the production of value-added chemicals from CO2. However, up to now, there is no information on the influence of the light intensity on the product distribution of CO2 hydrogenation and the modeling of the actual local temperature at the ca...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Szalad, Horatiu, Peng, Yong, Gosch, Jonas Werner, Baldi, Andrea, Askes, Sven H. C., Albero-Sancho, Josep|||0000-0002-4841-7206, García Gómez, Hermenegildo|||0000-0002-9664-493X
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/220618
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/220618
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Photothermal catalysis
CO2 conversion
Plasmonic nanoparticles
Finite element modeling
Nanoscale temperature
Descripción
Sumario:[EN] Solar photocatalysis appears as a viable approach for the production of value-added chemicals from CO2. However, up to now, there is no information on the influence of the light intensity on the product distribution of CO2 hydrogenation and the modeling of the actual local temperature at the catalytic sites for typical nanoparticulate photocatalysts. Herein, it is shown that for a photothermal catalyst containing a high density of homogeneously distributed Ru nanoparticles, the collective heating prevails, resulting in a homogeneous temperature distribution in the material that should be relatively close to that of the support and that can be measured macroscopically. Moreover, light intensity has a clear influence on product distribution due to the differences in the local temperature, and therefore, attention should be paid to stable operating conditions, temperature, and CO2 conversion that can result in remarkable differences in product selectivity for the same catalyst as a function of light intensity.