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 …

Industrial carbon dioxide capture and utilization: state of the art and future challenges

W Gao, S Liang, R Wang, Q Jiang, Y Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Dramatically increased CO2 concentration from several point sources is perceived to cause
severe greenhouse effect towards the serious ongoing global warming with associated …

Solar-driven hydrogen production: recent advances, challenges, and future perspectives

H Song, S Luo, H Huang, B Deng, J Ye - ACS Energy Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Solar H2 production is considered as a potentially promising way to utilize solar energy and
tackle climate change stemming from the combustion of fossil fuels. Photocatalytic …

Molecular-level insight into photocatalytic CO2 reduction with H2O over Au nanoparticles by interband transitions

W Shangguan, Q Liu, Y Wang, N Sun, Y Liu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Achieving CO2 reduction with H2O on metal photocatalysts and understanding the
corresponding mechanisms at the molecular level are challenging. Herein, we report that …

Fundamentals and applications of photo-thermal catalysis

D Mateo, JL Cerrillo, S Durini, J Gascon - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photo-thermal catalysis has recently emerged as an alternative route to drive chemical
reactions using light as an energy source. Through the synergistic combination of photo-and …

[HTML][HTML] Photothermal catalysis: From fundamentals to practical applications

J Zhang, H Chen, X Duan, H Sun, S Wang - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Photothermal catalysis is an innovative approach that integrates photochemical and
thermocatalytic processes to enable an efficient use of full-spectrum sunlight in catalyzing …

Active site engineering on plasmonic nanostructures for efficient photocatalysis

W Jiang, BQL Low, R Long, J Low, H Loh, KY Tang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic nanostructures have shown immense potential in photocatalysis because of their
distinct photochemical properties associated with tunable photoresponses and strong light …

Photocatalytic conversion of methane: recent advancements and prospects

Q Li, Y Ouyang, H Li, L Wang, J Zeng - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abundant and affordable methane is not only a high‐quality fossil fuel, it is also a raw
material for the synthesis of value‐added chemicals. Solar‐energy‐driven conversion of …

Light-driven methane dry reforming with single atomic site antenna-reactor plasmonic photocatalysts

L Zhou, JMP Martirez, J Finzel, C Zhang, DF Swearer… - Nature Energy, 2020 - nature.com
Syngas, an extremely important chemical feedstock composed of carbon monoxide and
hydrogen, can be generated through methane (CH4) dry reforming with CO2. However …

Plasmonic Hot Electrons from Oxygen Vacancies for Infrared Light‐Driven Catalytic CO2 Reduction on Bi2O3−x

Y Li, M Wen, Y Wang, G Tian, C Wang… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Current plasmonic photocatalysts are mainly based on noble metal nanoparticles and rarely
work in the infrared (IR) light range. Herein, cost‐effective Bi2O3− x with oxygen vacancies …