Ion-exchange synthesis of a micro/mesoporous Zn2GeO4 photocatalyst at room temperature for photoreduction of CO2

Ning Zhang; Shuxin Ouyang; Peng Li; Yuanjian Zhang; Guangcheng Xi; Tetsuya Kako; Jinhua Ye

doi:10.1039/C0CC04687F

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Ion-exchange synthesis of a micro/mesoporous Zn₂GeO₄ photocatalyst at room temperature for photoreduction of CO₂†

Ning Zhang,^ab Shuxin Ouyang,^b Peng Li,^ab Yuanjian Zhang,^b Guangcheng Xi,^b Tetsuya Kako^ab and Jinhua Ye*^ab

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^a Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
E-mail: Jinhua.Ye@nims.go.jp
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^b Photocatalytic Materials Center (PCMC), International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), Innovative Center of Nanomaterials Science for Environment and Energy (ICNSEE), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Abstract

Micro/mesoporous Zn₂GeO₄ with crystalline pore-walls was successfully synthesized via a simple ion exchange method at room temperature. This structure showed enhanced activity in photoreduction of CO₂ in comparison with Zn₂GeO₄ prepared by a solid state reaction.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC04687F
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 29 Oct 2010
Accepted: 09 Dec 2010
First published: 05 Jan 2011

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Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 2041-2043

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Ion-exchange synthesis of a micro/mesoporous Zn₂GeO₄ photocatalyst at room temperature for photoreduction of CO₂

N. Zhang, S. Ouyang, P. Li, Y. Zhang, G. Xi, T. Kako and J. Ye, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 2041 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04687F

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