Ordering Bimetallic Cu‐Pd Catalysts onto Orderly Mesoporous SrTiO3‐Crystal Nanotubular Networks for Efficient Carbon Dioxide Photoreduction

Abstract

AbstractArtificial photosynthesis of fuels has garnered significant attention, with SrTiO3 emerging as a potential candidate for photocatalysis due to its exceptional physicochemical properties. However, selectively converting CO2 into fuels with desired reaction products remains a grand challenge. Herein, we design an updated method via an aging strategy based on the electrospinning technique to synthesize a single‐crystalline Al‐doped SrTiO3 nanotubular networks with self‐assembled orderly mesopores, further modified by Cu−Pd alloy. It exhibits both high crystallinity and superior cross‐linked mesoporous structures, effectively facilitating charge carrier transfer, photon utilization, and mass transfer, with a remarkable enhancement from 0.025 mmol h−1 m−2 to 1.090 mmol h−1 m−2 in the CO production rate. Meanwhile, the ordered arrangement of Cu and Pd atoms on the (111) surface can promote the rate‐determining step (*CO2 to *COOH), which is also responsible for its good activity. The presence of CuO in the reaction confers a significant advantage for CO desorption, leading to a remarkable CO selectivity of 95.54 %. This work highlights new insights into developing advanced heterogeneous photocatalysts.