The Rational Design of a Single-Component Photocatalyst for Gas-Phase CO2 Reduction Using Both UV and Visible Light

Laura B Hoch; Thomas E Wood; Paul G O'Brien; Kristine Liao; Laura M Reyes; Charles A Mims; Geoffrey A Ozin

doi:10.1002/advs.201400013

The Rational Design of a Single-Component Photocatalyst for Gas-Phase CO₂ Reduction Using Both UV and Visible Light

Adv Sci (Weinh). 2014 Dec 10;1(1):1400013. doi: 10.1002/advs.201400013. eCollection 2014 Dec.

Authors

Laura B Hoch¹, Thomas E Wood², Paul G O'Brien¹, Kristine Liao¹, Laura M Reyes¹, Charles A Mims², Geoffrey A Ozin¹

Affiliations

¹ Materials Chemistry Research Group Department of Chemistry University of Toronto 80 St. George Street Toronto Ontario M5S 3H6 Canada.
² Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry University of Toronto 200 College St. Toronto M5S 3E5 Canada.

Abstract

The solar-to-chemical energy conversion of greenhouse gas CO₂ into carbon-based fuels is a very important research challenge, with implications for both climate change and energy security. Herein, the key attributes of hydroxides and oxygen vacancies are experimentally identified in non-stoichiometric indium oxide nanoparticles, In₂O_3-x(OH)_y, that function in concert to reduce CO₂ to CO under simulated solar irradiation.

Keywords: carbon dioxide; indium oxide nanoparticles; isotope tracing; photocatalysis; solar fuels.