Asymmetric zinc porphyrin-sensitized nanosized TiO2 for efficient visible-light-driven CO2 photoreduction to CO/CH4

Kan Li; Li Lin; Tianyou Peng; Yingying Guo; Renjie Li; Jing Zhang

doi:10.1039/C5CC03812J

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Asymmetric zinc porphyrin-sensitized nanosized TiO₂ for efficient visible-light-driven CO₂ photoreduction to CO/CH₄†

Kan Li,^a Li Lin,^a Tianyou Peng,*^a Yingying Guo,^a Renjie Li^a and Jing Zhang^a

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^a College of Chemistry and Molecular Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China
E-mail: typeng@whu.edu.cn

Abstract

Asymmetric zinc porphyrin (ZnPy) was synthesized and used to sensitize nanosized TiO₂. The visible-light-driven activity of CO₂ photoreduction to generate CO/CH₄ in the gas phase was observed from the ZnPy-sensitized TiO₂ without loading noble metal, and the mechanism was discussed.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC03812J
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 07 May 2015
Accepted: 26 Jun 2015
First published: 26 Jun 2015

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Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 12443-12446

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Asymmetric zinc porphyrin-sensitized nanosized TiO₂ for efficient visible-light-driven CO₂ photoreduction to CO/CH₄

K. Li, L. Lin, T. Peng, Y. Guo, R. Li and J. Zhang, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 12443 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC03812J

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