Solar fuels: research and development strategies to accelerate photocatalytic CO 2 conversion into hydrocarbon fuels

E Gong, S Ali, CB Hiragond, HS Kim… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalytic production of solar fuels from CO2 is a promising strategy for addressing
global environmental problems and securing future energy supplies. Although extensive …

Product selectivity of photocatalytic CO2 reduction reactions

J Fu, K Jiang, X Qiu, J Yu, M Liu - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic carbon dioxide (CO 2) reduction to obtain hydrocarbon solar fuels is one of
the promising strategies to solve energy crisis and complement carbon cycle. However, the …

C–Doping Induced Oxygen-Vacancy in WO3 Nanosheets for CO2 Activation and Photoreduction

B Lei, W Cui, P Chen, L Chen, J Li, F Dong - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Sluggish charge kinetics and low CO2 affinity seriously limit the photocatalytic CO2
reduction reaction. Herein, the simultaneous promotion of charge transfer and CO2 …

Frustrated Lewis Pair Sites Boosting CO2 Photoreduction on Cs2CuBr4 Perovskite Quantum Dots

J Sheng, Y He, M Huang, C Yuan, S Wang… - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Lead (Pb) halide perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) are promising candidates for the
photochemical reduction of CO2. However, the intrinsically weak adsorption and activation …

Selective visible-light-driven photocatalytic CO2 reduction to CH4 mediated by atomically thin CuIn5S8 layers

X Li, Y Sun, J Xu, Y Shao, J Wu, X Xu, Y Pan, H Ju… - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
Due to the large number of possible products and their similar reduction potentials, a
significant challenge in CO2 photoreduction is achieving selectivity to a single product while …

Cocatalysts for Selective Photoreduction of CO2 into Solar Fuels

X Li, J Yu, M Jaroniec, X Chen - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Photoreduction of CO2 into sustainable and green solar fuels is generally believed to be an
appealing solution to simultaneously overcome both environmental problems and energy …

Direct Z-scheme photocatalysts: Principles, synthesis, and applications

Q Xu, L Zhang, J Yu, S Wageh, AA Al-Ghamdi… - Materials Today, 2018 - Elsevier
The properly designed semiconductor photocatalysts are promising materials for solving the
current serious energy and environmental issues because of their ability of using sunlight to …

Single‐Atom Catalysts (SACs) for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction with H2O: Activity, Product Selectivity, Stability, and Surface Chemistry

CB Hiragond, NS Powar, J Lee, SI In - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, single‐atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted the interest of researchers
owing to their suitability for various catalytic applications. For instance, their optoelectronic …

Visible-Light Driven Overall Conversion of CO2 and H2O to CH4 and O2 on 3D-SiC@2D-MoS2 Heterostructure

Y Wang, Z Zhang, L Zhang, Z Luo, J Shen… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A marigold-like SiC@ MoS2 nanoflower with a unique Z-scheme structure efficiently
achieves the overall conversion of gas phase CO2 with H2O (CO2 (g)+ 2H2O (g)= CH4+ …

Graphdiyne: A New Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction Cocatalyst

F Xu, K Meng, B Zhu, H Liu, J Xu… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Exploring new and efficient cocatalysts to boost photocatalytic CO2 reduction is of critical
importance for solar‐to‐fuel conversion. As an emerging carbon allotrope, graphdiyne …