Porous hypercrosslinked polymer-TiO2-graphene composite photocatalysts for visible-light-driven CO2 conversion

Shaolei Wang; Min Xu; Tianyou Peng; Chengxin Zhang; Tao Li; Irshad Hussain; Jingyu Wang; Bien Tan

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08651-x

Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

Porous hypercrosslinked polymer-TiO2-graphene composite photocatalysts for visible-light-driven CO2 conversion

Shaolei Wang,
Min Xu,
Tianyou Peng,
Chengxin Zhang,
Tao Li,
Irshad Hussain,
Jingyu Wang,
Bien Tan

Affiliations

Shaolei Wang: Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Min Xu: Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Tianyou Peng: College of Chemistry and Molecular Science, Wuhan University
Chengxin Zhang: Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Tao Li: Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Irshad Hussain: Department of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, SBA School of Science & Engineering, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
Jingyu Wang: Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Bien Tan: Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08651-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Renewable CO2 conversion to useful products presents a sustainable, carbon-neutral method to limit climate change, yet few materials can perform this complex chemistry. Here, authors prepare a polymer-TiO2-graphene composite that can take up CO2 and convert it to CH4 using light and water.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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