Shining light on CO₂: from materials discovery to photocatalyst, photoreactor and process engineering

Abstract

Materials engineering, theoretical modelling, reactor engineering and process development of gas-phase photocatalytic CO2 reduction exemplified by indium oxide systems.

Shining Light on Porous Liquids: From Fundamentals to Syntheses, Applications and Future Challenges

“…As we all know, MOFs are a family of highly porous crystalline materials with well-defined structures that are constructed from metal ions or clusters and organic ligands. [37,40,185,[280][281][282][283][284][285][286][287][288][289][290][291][292][293][294][295] [237] Copyright 2010, Wiley). b-b1) The preparation of the Fe 3 O 4 /PANI nanofluid.…”

Shedding light on CO2: Catalytic synthesis of solar methanol

“…Although the photocatalytic efficiency of CO 2 reduction into methanol has been improved a lot, the low solar‐to‐fuel efficiency for industrialization is still the major obstacle 41‐43 . Therefore, to achieve better catalytic performance, different strategies have been proposed, including the combination of electrochemical process or/and the thermochemical process with photocatalytic process 6,14,44‐49 …”

“…Although impressive progress has been made for photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis, the minor solubility of CO 2 in the electrolyte, limited utilization of solar spectrum, low diffusion rate, and great difficulty for product separation hinders the further practical development of such techniques 46,59 . Therefore, photothermal catalysis that integrates photochemical and thermochemical techniques has attracted significant attention in catalysis 48,60,61 . Photothermal catalysis is an improved technology based on traditional thermal catalysis, enabling the excellent potential to incorporate large‐scale industrial setups.…”

Post-synthetic modifications (PSM) on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for visible-light-initiated photocatalysis

“…Photocatalysis can utilize solar energy for hydrogen production, CO 2 reduction to generate fuels, organic transformation and environmental remediation, and is therefore regarded as a promising strategy to tackle the ever-increasing energy shortage and environmental deterioration. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] During the past two decades, extensive effort has been devoted to developing new photocatalytic materials, especially those that…”