Nanoscale Research Letters (Sep 2017)

An Artificial Biomimetic Catalysis Converting CO2 to Green Fuels

  • Caihong Li,
  • Zhiming Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-017-2293-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 3

Abstract

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Abstract Researchers devote to design catalytic systems with higher activity, selectivity, and stability ideally based on cheap and earth-abundant elements to reduce CO2 to value-added hydrocarbon fuels under mild conditions driven by visible light. This may offer profound inspirations on that. A bi-functional molecular iron catalyst designed could not only catalyze two-electron reduction from CO2 to CO but also further convert CO to CH4 with a high selectivity of 82% stably over several days.

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