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Abstract
Valorizing biomass waste through photoelectrochemical (PEC) methodology provides an attractive strategy for generating H2 and value-added chemicals by enabling a carbon–neutral cycle. Herein, we present an investigation of a series of bismuth-based oxide-modified TiO2 as the photoanode for PEC valorization of cellulose in aqueous solution. The bismuth-based oxide was synthesized onto a TiO2 photoanode by a chemical bath deposition (CBD) method followed by heat treatments. The composition of the materials was adjusted by varying the concentration of the Cu2+ and Bi3+ precursors. The research shows that Bi2O3 effectively suppresses the water oxidation reaction over TiO2, a competitive side reaction in PEC cellulose oxidation, resulting in a Faradaic efficiency (FE) of 83.9 ± 4.9 % toward formate production. In contrast, unmodified TiO2 photoanode only exhibits a FE of 25.3 ± 3.7 %. On the other hand, the photoelectrode showed insufficient oxidative force for both water and cellulose oxidation by the surface modification of CuBi2O4.
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JPPA publishes the results of fundamental studies on all aspects of chemical phenomena induced by interactions between light and molecules/matter of all kinds.
All systems capable of being described at the molecular or integrated multimolecular level are appropriate for the journal. This includes all molecular chemical species as well as biomolecular, supramolecular, polymer and other macromolecular systems, as well as solid state photochemistry. In addition, the journal publishes studies of semiconductor and other photoactive organic and inorganic materials, photocatalysis (organic, inorganic, supramolecular and superconductor).
The scope includes condensed and gas phase photochemistry, as well as synchrotron radiation chemistry. A broad range of processes and techniques in photochemistry are covered such as light induced energy, electron and proton transfer; nonlinear photochemical behavior; mechanistic investigation of photochemical reactions and identification of the products of photochemical reactions; quantum yield determinations and measurements of rate constants for primary and secondary photochemical processes; steady-state and time-resolved emission, ultrafast spectroscopic methods, single molecule spectroscopy, time resolved X-ray diffraction, luminescence microscopy, and scattering spectroscopy applied to photochemistry. Papers in emerging and applied areas such as luminescent sensors, electroluminescence, solar energy conversion, atmospheric photochemistry, environmental remediation, and related photocatalytic chemistry are also welcome.