Synergistic ultraviolet and visible light photo-activation enables intensified low-temperature methanol synthesis over copper/zinc oxide/alumina

CO2 to methanol synthesis is a promising approach for renewable fuel production. Here, the authors show that UV and visible light dual activation promotes photothermal methanol production at the copper-zinc oxide interfacial perimeter by accelerating formate conversion and hydrogen molecule activati...

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Main Authors: Bingqiao Xie, Roong Jien Wong, Tze Hao Tan, Michael Higham, Emma K. Gibson, Donato Decarolis, June Callison, Kondo-Francois Aguey-Zinsou, Michael Bowker, C. Richard A. Catlow, Jason Scott, Rose Amal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15445-z