BiOCl/g-CN/CdZnS Double Z-Scheme Heterojunction Photocatalyst for Highly Selective CO Reduction to Methane.

Solar-energy-driven CO hydrogenation is a promising strategy to alleviate the climate crisis. Methane is a desirable derivative of CO reduction. However, developing a photocatalyst for highly active and selective CH generation remains challenging.

Recent Progress of Covalent Organic Frameworks-Based Materials in Photocatalytic Applications: A Review.

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are one type of porous organic materials linked by covalent bonds. COFs materials exhibit many outstanding characteristics such as high porosity, high chemical and thermal stability, large specific surface area, efficient electron transfer efficiency, and the ability for predesigned structures. These exceptional advantages enable COFs materials to exhibit remarkable performance in photocatalysis.

Constructing CoAl-LDO/MoO S-scheme heterojunctions for enhanced photocatalytic CO reduction.

Converting CO into chemicals and fuels by solar energy can alleviate global warming and solve the energy crisis. In this work, CoAl-LDO/MoO (LDO/MO) composites were successfully prepared and achieved efficient CO reduction under visible light. The CoAl-layered double oxides (CoAl-LDO) evolved from CoAl-layered double hydroxide (CoAl-LDH) exhibited a more robust structure, broader light absorption, and improved CO adsorption ability.

Research Progress on Photocatalytic CO Reduction Based on Perovskite Oxides.

Photocatalytic CO reduction to valuable fuels is a promising way to alleviate anthropogenic CO emissions and energy crises. Perovskite oxides have attracted widespread attention as photocatalysts for CO reduction by virtue of their high catalytic activity, compositional flexibility, bandgap adjustability, and good stability. In this review, the basic theory of photocatalysis and the mechanism of CO reduction over perovskite oxide are first introduced.

Recent advances in core-shell structured catalysts for low-temperature NH-SCR of NO.

Ammonia selective catalytic reduction (NH-SCR) of nitrogen oxides is an effective and well-established technology for NO removal, but current commercial denitrification catalysts based on VO-WO/TiO have some obvious disadvantages, including narrow operating temperature windows, toxicity, poor hydrothermal stability, and unsatisfied SO/HO tolerance. To overcome these drawbacks, it is imperative to investigate new types of highly efficient catalysts. In order to design catalysts with outstanding selectivity, activity, and anti-poisoning ability, core-shell structured materials have been widely applied in the NH-SCR reaction, which exhibits numerous advantages including the large surface area, the strong synergy interaction of core-shell materials, the confinement effect, and the shielding effect from the shell layer to protect the core.

Recent progress of cocatalysts loaded on carbon nitride for selective photoreduction of CO to CH.

A photocatalytic system driven by solar light is one of the promising strategies for converting CO into valuable energy. The reduction of CO to CH is widely studied since CH has a high energy density as the main component of nonrenewable natural gas. Therefore, it is necessary to develop semiconductor materials with high photocatalytic activity and CH selectivity.

Fabrication and characterization of Z-scheme BiOCl/C/CuO heterojunction nanocomposites as efficient catalysts for the photocatalytic reduction of CO.

The photocatalytic reduction of CO to hydrocarbons is expected to simultaneously alleviate the energy crisis and greenhouse effect. Herein, the ternary BiOCl/C/CuO catalysts with different mass ratios were compounded using a simple hydrothermal method, revealing better photocatalytic activity than the monomer. In the absence of sacrificial agents and photosensitizers, 25% BiOCl/C/CuO showed optimal photocatalytic performance.

Recent Progress of Single-Atom Photocatalysts Applied in Energy Conversion and Environmental Protection.

Photocatalysis driven by solar energy is a feasible strategy to alleviate energy crises and environmental problems. In recent years, significant progress has been made in developing advanced photocatalysts for efficient solar-to-chemical energy conversion. Single-atom catalysts have the advantages of highly dispersed active sites, maximum atomic utilization, unique coordination environment, and electronic structure, which have become a research hotspot in heterogeneous photocatalysis.

Converting CO into Value-Added Products by Cu O-Based Catalysts: From Photocatalysis, Electrocatalysis to Photoelectrocatalysis.

Converting CO into value-added products by photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and photoelectrocatalysis is a promising method to alleviate the global environmental problems and energy crisis. Among the semiconductor materials applied in CO catalytic reduction, Cu O has the advantages of abundant reserves, low price and environmental friendliness. Moreover, Cu O has unique adsorption and activation properties for CO , which is conducive to the generation of C products through CC coupling.

Progress and perspectives on 1D nanostructured catalysts applied in photo(electro)catalytic reduction of CO.

Reducing CO into value-added chemicals and fuels by artificial photosynthesis (photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis) is one of the considerable solutions to global environmental and energy issues. One-dimensional (1D) nanostructured catalysts (nanowires, nanorods, nanotubes and so on.) have attracted extensive attention due to their superior light-harvesting ability, co-catalyst loading capacity, and high carrier separation rate.