Photocatalytic reduction of CO 2 with TiO 2 -based semiconductor catalyst Reporter: Xiang Tianyu Supervisor: Xin Feng

1.Summary of Literatures TiO 2 has been proved to be one of the most effective and suitable photocatalyst. Presently, the energy conversion efficiency is still low, mainly due to the following reasons: (1)Recombination of photo-generated electron/hole pairs. (2)Inability to utilize visible light. anatase--3.2eV nm rutile--3.0eV nm

The mixed phase TiO 2 nanocomposites involved synthesis of rutile nanocrystals in the presence of commercially anatase powder. Sintered at 373K and 773K respectively. Gonghu Li et al. / Synthesizing mixed-phase TiO 2 nanocomposites using a hydrothermal method for photo-oxidation and photoreduction applications

Fig. 1. Normalized absorbance of methylene blue at 660 nm as a function of reaction time during photocatalytic oxidation under UV illumination.

Theoretical and experimental studies indicate that the (001) surface of anatase TiO 2 is much more reactive than the thermodynamically more stable (101) surface Titanate nanotube—ethanol/hydrofluoric acid solution (40%)--hierarchical flower-like TiO 2 superstructures (HFTS) XIANG Quanjun et al. / Photocatalytic Activity of Hierarchical Flower-Like TiO 2 Superstructures with Dominant {001} Facets

Fig. 2. SEM images of the products obtained at different reaction times: (a)0, (b)3, (c)6, and (d)24 h.

Fig. 3. (a) Comparison of the photocatalytic activity of HFTS, TSTP, and P25 for photocatalytic decomposition of acetone in air. (b) Dependence of produced CO 2 concentration on irradiation time for HFTS, TSTP, and P25. The inset in (a) shows a schematic illustration of multireflections within the inter-meshed nanosheets.

Fig. 4. The procedure of catalysts preparation.

Slamet et al. / Photocatalytic reduction of CO 2 on copper-doped Titania catalysts prepared by improved-impregnation method

Since the band-gap becomes large with decreasing the size of the particle, both the oxidizing power and reducing power of the photocatalyst becomes great with decreasing the size of the photocatalyst. With decreasing the particle size, the total surface area of the photocatalysts per weight unit increases The affinity of adsorbing CO 2 onto photocatalyst surfaces seems to become high with decreasing particle size Hiroshi Yoneyama / Photoreduction of carbon dioxide on quantized semiconductor nanoparticles in solution

The first factor does not play an important role in the apparent increase of photocatalytic activities with decreasing the particle size The increase in the photocatalytic activities with decreasing the particle size was more than the increase in the surface area, suggesting that the increase of the surface area alone cannot explain well the apparent increase in the photocatalytic activities observed The third factor is involved in the apparent enhancement of the photocatalytic activities with decreasing the particle size

The optimum particle size corresponding to the highest yields of both products was 14 nm. The observed optimum particle size is a result of competing effects of specific surface area, charge–carrier dynamics and light absorption efficiency. K. KocˇI et al. / Effect of TiO 2 particle size on the photocatalytic reduction of CO 2 It was found that at ≥0.05% TiO 2 concentration, the methane yield reached an optimum value. G.R.Dey et al./Photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to methane using TiO 2 as suspension in water

Fig. 5 The influence of NaOH concentration on the photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide.

Fig. 6 The influence of the irradiation time on the photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide. Shaohua Liu et al./Photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide using sol–gel derived titania-supported CoPc catalysts

The study attempts to produce O 2 and H 2 from a WO 3 +Ce 4+ suspension in two consecutive processes. Initially, water is oxidized photocatalytically to oxygen and proton using photogenerated valence band holes,with the simultaneous traping of the conduction band electrons by ceric cations,which are subsequently reduced to cerous species.This is followed by the reduction of protons or water to hydrogen in a photochemical process that involves the direct photoexcitation of cerous ions. Gratian R. et al. /The photoinduced evolution of O 2 and H 2 from a WO 3 aqueous suspension in the presence of Ce 4+ /Ce 3+

TiCl6+ HCl (6M)--H 2 TiCl 6 H 2 TiCl 6 +NH 3 · H 2 O + SiC--SiC/TiO 2 SiC/TiO 2 +Cr(NO 3 ) 3 ·9H 2 O--Cr 2 O 3 /SiC/TiO 2 Yaojun Zhang et al./Preparation of ternary Cr 2 O 3 –SiC–TiO 2 composites for the photocatalytic production of hydrogen

Fig. 7. Diffuse reflectance UV–vis spectra of the composites.

Fig.8. The hydrogen-producing activities for the composites by the decomposition of water under visible-light irradiation for 6 h.

Fig. 9. A mechanism for the photocatalytic decomposition of water to produce hydrogen by the Cr 2 O 3 –SiC–TiO 2 composite.

2. Individual Ideas N-doped and Pt-loaded TiO 2 nanosheet Cu 2+ doped TiO 2 --SiC composite semiconductor NaOH ， Na 2 S/Na 2 SO 3 ， Fe 2+ Visible light

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