Artificial photosynthesis of oxalate and oxalate-based polymer by a photovoltaic reactor

Guangzai Nong; Shan Chen; Yuanjin Xu; Lijie Huang; Qingsong Zou; Shiqiang Li; Haitao Mo; Pingchuan Zhu; Weijian Cen; Shuangfei Wang

doi:10.1038/srep03572

Artificial photosynthesis of oxalate and oxalate-based polymer by a photovoltaic reactor

Sci Rep. 2014 Jan 6:4:3572. doi: 10.1038/srep03572.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Center for Sugar Engineering and Technology Research, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, P. R. China.
² State key laboratory for conservation and utilization of subtropical agro-bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, P. R. China.
³ Institute of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, P. R. China.

Abstract

A photovoltaic reactor was designed for artificial photosynthesis, based on the reactions involved in high energy hydrogen atoms, which were produced from water electrolysis. Water and CO2, under the conditions studied, were converted to oxalate (H2C2O4) and a polymer. This was the first time that the oxalates and oxalate-based polymer were produced from the artificial photosynthesis process.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Electrolysis
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Oxalates / chemistry*
Photochemistry / instrumentation*
Photosynthesis*
Polymers / chemistry*

Substances

Oxalates
Polymers