Dual Ag/Co cocatalyst synergism for the highly effective photocatalytic conversion of CO<sub>2</sub> by H<sub>2</sub>O over Al-SrTiO<sub>3</sub>
Shuying Wang, Kentaro Teramura, Takashi Hisatomi, Kazunari Domen, Hiroyuki Asakura, Saburo Hosokawa, Tsunehiro Tanaka
Abstract
Deposition Ag and Co dual cocatalysts onto Al-SrTiO<sub>3</sub> significantly improves its activity for photoreduction of CO<sub>2</sub> by H<sub>2</sub>O, with extremely high selectivity to CO evolution (99.8%), in which Ag and Co enable CO<sub>2</sub> reduction and H<sub>2</sub>O oxidation, respectively.
Topics & Concepts
SelectivityPhotocatalysisMaterials scienceCobaltInorganic chemistryChemistryCatalysisOrganic chemistryAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceCopper-based nanomaterials and applications