Electronic modulation of a copper/zinc oxide catalyst by a heterojunction for selective hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to methanol.

Methanol from CO 2: For the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide, a marked increase in the methanol selectivity was observed when the reaction was catalyzed by Cu/rod-shaped ZnO/CdSe with heterojunction structure. Diffusion reflectance, photoluminescence, and ESR spectroscopies clearly indicated an incre...

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Auteurs principaux: Liao, F, Zeng, Z, Eley, C, Lu, Q, Hong, X, Tsang, S
Format: Journal article
Langue:English
Publié: 2012
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Résumé:Methanol from CO 2: For the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide, a marked increase in the methanol selectivity was observed when the reaction was catalyzed by Cu/rod-shaped ZnO/CdSe with heterojunction structure. Diffusion reflectance, photoluminescence, and ESR spectroscopies clearly indicated an increase in the electron density because of the incorporation of CdSe in the core-shell morphology of Cu/rod-shaped ZnO (see picture). Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH and Co. KGaA, Weinheim.