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New Carbon Nanodots‐Silica Hybrid Photocatalyst for Highly Selective Solar Fuel Production from CO 2
Author(s) -
Yadav Rajesh K.,
Kumar Abhishek,
Park NoJoong,
Yadav Dolly,
Baeg JinOok
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201700789
Subject(s) - photocatalysis , materials science , environmentally friendly , solar fuel , nanodot , formic acid , carbon fibers , microemulsion , nanotechnology , fossil fuel , chemical engineering , catalysis , chemistry , organic chemistry , pulmonary surfactant , composite number , ecology , engineering , composite material , biology
Photocatalytic CO 2 reduction for solar fuel production has attracted considerable attention as it can simultaneously reduce the effects of worldwide fossil‐fuel shortage and global warming. As a means to achieve this we herein report the facile and eco‐friendly synthesis of highly active carbon nanodots‐silica hybrid photocatalyst (CNDSH) by a reverse microemulsion method with a nonionic surfactant. The photocatalyst‐biocatalyst coupled system developed using CNDSH as photocatalyst functions efficiently to carry out high NADH regeneration (74.10±0.17 %) followed by its consumption in exclusive formic acid production (203.33±1.9 μmol) from CO 2 . This research work is a benchmark example of carbon nanodots‐silica hybrid photocatalyst system for solar fuel production and expected to trigger further interest in the development of efficient and eco‐friendly CO 2 reduction systems.
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