A carbon-based photocatalyst efficiently converts CO2 to CH4 and C2H2 under visible light

Tongshun Wu; Luyi Zou; Dongxue Han; Fenghua Li; Qixian Zhang; Li Niu

doi:10.1039/C3GC42454E

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A carbon-based photocatalyst efficiently converts CO₂ to CH₄ and C₂H₂ under visible light†

Tongshun Wu,^a Luyi Zou,^b Dongxue Han,*^a Fenghua Li,^a Qixian Zhang^a and Li Niu^a

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^a State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, c/o Engineering Laboratory for Modern Analytical Techniques, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
E-mail: lniu@ciac.jl.cn

^b State Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, P. R. China

Abstract

Novel photocatalysts consisting of porphyrin and graphene have been designed to reduce CO₂ to hydrocarbons under visible light. These catalysts can (i) effectively reduce CO₂ to hydrocarbons, particularly to C₂H₂; and (ii) selectively control the transfer of photogenerated electrons from graphene to CO₂ rather than to H₂O.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C3GC42454E
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 02 Dec 2013
Accepted: 07 Jan 2014
First published: 08 Jan 2014

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Green Chem., 2014,16, 2142-2146

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A carbon-based photocatalyst efficiently converts CO₂ to CH₄ and C₂H₂ under visible light

T. Wu, L. Zou, D. Han, F. Li, Q. Zhang and L. Niu, Green Chem., 2014, 16, 2142 DOI: 10.1039/C3GC42454E

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