Photocatalyst Filling Multiple Needs: CO2 Reduction to Extremely Selective Solar Fuels and Oxidative Organic Transformation

A spongy nickel-organic CO2 reduction photocatalyst for nearly 100% selective CO production

Solar-driven photocatalytic conversion of CO2 into fuels has attracted a lot of interest; however, developing active catalysts that can selectively convert CO2 to fuels with desirable reaction products remains a grand challenge. For instance, complete suppression of the competing H2 evolution during photocatalytic CO2-to-CO conversion has not been achieved before. We design and synthesize a spo...

Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to Small Organic Molecule Fuels on Metal Catalysts

The electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) to liquid fuels has tremendous positive impacts on atomospheric carbon balance and help to reduce global warming issues. This paper reviewed current knowledge of electrochemical CO2 reduction to small organic molecule fuels on metal catalysts and gas-phase CO2 reduction techniques based on gas diffusion electrode and solid polymer electroly...

Electrolytic CO2 Reduction in Tandem with Oxidative Organic Chemistry

Electrochemical reduction of CO2 into carbon-based products using excess clean electricity is a compelling method for producing sustainable fuels while lowering CO2 emissions. Previous electrolytic CO2 reduction studies all involve dioxygen production at the anode, yet this anodic reaction requires a large overpotential and yields a product bearing no economic value. We report here that the cat...

Solar Fuels: The Rational Design of a Single‐Component Photocatalyst for Gas‐Phase CO2 Reduction Using Both UV and Visible Light (Adv. Sci. 1/2014)

Photocatalytic generation of solar fuels from the reduction of H2O and CO2: a look at the patent literature.

The application of photocatalysis in environment remediation as well as in the generation of useful fuels from the reduction of water (hydrogen) and of carbon dioxide (methanol, carbon monoxide and/or methane) has been investigated largely in the last four decades. A significant part (12-13%) of the literature on the generation of such fuels is found in patents. Accordingly, the present article...