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A critical review of CO2 photoconversion: Catalysts and reactors

Li, K; An, X; Park, KH; Khraisheh, M; Tang, J; (2014) A critical review of CO2 photoconversion: Catalysts and reactors. Catalysis Today , 224 3 - 12. 10.1016/j.cattod.2013.12.006. Green open access

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Abstract

Photocatalytic conversion of CO2 to either a renewable fuel or valuable chemicals, using solar energy has attracted more and more attention, due to the great potential to provide an alternative clean fuel and solve the problems related to the global warming. This review covers the current progress of photocatalytic conversion of CO2 by photocatalysis over the metal oxides. A brief overview of the fundamental aspects for artificial photosynthesis has been given and the development of novel photocatalysts for CO2 photoreduction has been discussed. Several key factors for high-efficiency CO2 photoreduction and the recent development of photocatalytic reactor design for this artificial photosynthesis have also been highlighted.

Type: Article
Title: A critical review of CO2 photoconversion: Catalysts and reactors
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2013.12.006
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2013.12.006
Language: English
Additional information: © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the CreativeCommons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, andreproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords: Carbon dioxide, Semiconductor photocatalysts, Photoreduction, Reactor
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1409914
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