Development of Adjusting Semiconductor Nanostructures for Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2

doi:10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.2015.05.347

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Abstract:

Photocatalytic reduction of CO₂ to hydrocarbon fuels, artificial photosynthesis technology, is one of the 21st century dream technologies, which have drawn increasingattention of the researchers. This articlereviews research progresses on photocatalytic reduction of CO₂ to some of hydrocarbon fuels in our gourps, mainly focusing on nanostructure regulation of semiconductor catalysts forphotocatalytic reduction of CO₂.

Key words: photocatalyst, reduction of CO₂, nanostructure, semiconductor

TU Wenguang, ZHOU Yong, ZOU Zhigang. Development of Adjusting Semiconductor Nanostructures for Photocatalytic Reduction of CO₂[J]. Imaging Science and Photochemistry, 2015, 33(5): 347-357.

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