Dual-atom-site Cu@PCN photocatalyst selectively produces ethane from CO<sub>2</sub> reduction
Xin Cao, Chunyu Liu, Yuming Dong, Tingyu Yang, Xinying Chen, Yongfa Zhu
Abstract
This work employed the Cu 2 Cl 2 -bpy as the precursor and fabricated a dual atom site Cu photocatalyst on polymeric carbon nitride and the appropriate Cu–Cu spacing promotes the C–C coupling, which improves the formation of C 2 H 6 .
Topics & Concepts
PhotocatalysisCatalysisAtom (system on chip)NitrideDual (grammatical number)ChemistryReduction (mathematics)PhotochemistryDual roleCarbon nitrideCopperMaterials scienceInorganic chemistryNanotechnologyCombinatorial chemistryOrganic chemistryLayer (electronics)Embedded systemGeometryComputer scienceMathematicsArtLiteratureAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsCatalytic Processes in Materials Science