Mn Doping-Induced Charge-Carrier Redistribution in Co3O4 for Enhanced CO2 Photoreduction Toward CH4 with H2O
Gaofeng Zhou, Wenchao Shangguan, Xuan Wang, Suhang Wang, Kaiyun Li, Shiqing Li, Ying Ma, Sugang Meng, Shifu Chen · 2026
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Turning carbon dioxide into methane with sunlight and water is a dream reaction with two stubborn bottlenecks: charges recombine too fast, and hydrogenation crawls. Gaofeng Zhou and co-authors dope a cobalt oxide photocatalyst with manganese to fix both. The manganese reshuffles where electrons and holes gather inside the material. Electrons pool at manganese sites while holes collect at cobalt sites.
That separation pays off. The best mix produced methane at more than ten times the rate of the undoped oxide, under no sacrificial chemicals. Light-based measurements confirm longer-lived, better-separated charges. Surface studies watch the hydrogenation steps speed up as well. The work shows doping as interior traffic control: send each charge where the chemistry needs it, and a sluggish reaction starts to flow.
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| CREATOR | Gaofeng Zhou, Wenchao Shangguan, Xuan Wang, Suhang Wang, Kaiyun Li, Shiqing Li, Ying Ma, Sugang Meng, Shifu Chen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |