Enhancing photocatalytic CO2 reduction performance of g-C3N4-based catalysts with non-noble plasmonic nanoparticles

Replacing Ru complex with carbon dots over MOF-derived Co3O4/In2O3 catalyst for efficient solar-driven CO2 reduction

“…1–3 The photocatalytic CO 2 reduction reaction suffers from poor activity and product selectivity, as a result of the complex multi-electron transfer path involved. 4–7 Considerable efforts have been made to enhance the photocatalytic CO 2 reduction activity, such as using photosensitizer and/or cocatalyst modification, 8 morphology engineering, 9 doping 10 and heterojunction construction. 11 Among these, the addition of photosensitizer, which can boost the charge transfer efficiency and provide more active sties to activate photocatalytic molecules, has, so far, been widely investigated.…”

Recent Advances of Photocatalytic Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol

“…Plasmonic metal nanoparticles with high light absorptivity have been shown to represent a new class of photocatalysts with features that differ dramatically from those of typical semiconductor photocatalysts. Plasmonic nanoparticles have unique optical, electrical, and thermal properties [99][100][101][102][103][104][105][106][107]. In this section, we focused on plasmonic photocatalysts for the photoreduction of CO 2 to methanol.…”

Current dilemma in photocatalytic CO2 reduction: real solar fuel production or false positive outcomings?

“…A valid data reporting protocols for the 13 C isotopic tracing experiment results obtained upon a 7890B-5977B GC-MS (Agilent Technologies) equipped with a GS Carbon Plot column is presented in Fig. 7 (see supporting information for experimental details) [77]. The TIC consists of two broad peaks, with the former coalescent peak composed of Ar, O 2 , N 2 , and 13 CO signals, while the latter one being the peak of 13 CO 2 .…”