Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Selective photocatalytic CO2 reduction in aerobic environment by microporous Pd-porphyrin-based polymers coated hollow TiO2

  • Yajuan Ma,
  • Xiaoxuan Yi,
  • Shaolei Wang,
  • Tao Li,
  • Bien Tan,
  • Chuncheng Chen,
  • Tetsuro Majima,
  • Eric R. Waclawik,
  • Huaiyong Zhu,
  • Jingyu Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29102-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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While selective CO2 reduction is crucial for its removal from the environment, the presence of O2 hinders this process. Here authors show CO2 photoreduction in the presence of O2 by incorporating Pd(II) sites into a coordination polymer on TiO2 to selectively adsorb CO2.