Highly efficient and stable photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CH4 over Ru loaded NaTaO3

Mu Li; Peng Li; Kun Chang; Tao Wang; Lequan Liu; Qing Kang; Shuxin Ouyang; Jinhua Ye

doi:10.1039/c5cc01124h

Highly efficient and stable photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CH4 over Ru loaded NaTaO3

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 May 4;51(36):7645-8. doi: 10.1039/c5cc01124h.

Authors

Mu Li¹, Peng Li, Kun Chang, Tao Wang, Lequan Liu, Qing Kang, Shuxin Ouyang, Jinhua Ye

Affiliation

¹ Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. Jinhua.YE@nims.go.jp.

PMID: 25845424
DOI: 10.1039/c5cc01124h

Abstract

An efficient and stable photocatalytic activity was obtained over NaTaO3 by introducing an electron donor (H2) into the CO2 reduction process with water. Ru/NaTaO3 demonstrated the best activity (CH4 51.8 μmol h(-1) g(-1)) and product selectivity in converting CO2 to CH4.