The Rational Design of a Single‐Component Photocatalyst for Gas‐Phase CO2 Reduction Using Both UV and Visible Light
Open Access
- 10 December 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Advanced Science
- Vol. 1 (1), 1400013
- https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201400013
Abstract
The solar‐to‐chemical energy conversion of greenhouse gas CO2 into carbon‐based fuels is a very important research challenge, with implications for both climate change and energy security. Herein, the key attributes of hydroxides and oxygen vacancies are experimentally identified in non‐stoichiometric indium oxide nanoparticles, In2O3‐x(OH)y, that function in concert to reduce CO2 to CO under simulated solar irradiation.Funding Information
- Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation (MRI)
- Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation (MEDI)
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC)
- University of Toronto
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