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Supported Porous Nanomaterials as Efficient Heterogeneous Catalysts for CO 2 Fixation Reactions
Author(s) -
Bhanja Piyali,
Modak Arindam,
Bhaumik Asim
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201800075
Subject(s) - nanomaterials , catalysis , materials science , nanotechnology , nanoparticle , oxide , porosity , greenhouse gas , heterogeneous catalysis , surface modification , chemical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , metallurgy , ecology , engineering , composite material , biology
CO 2 is a major greenhouse gas responsible for global warming and can act as an abundant and inexpensive C1 source for enhancing the chain length/functionalization of a wide range of reactive organic molecules. It is moderately reactive, nontoxic and renewable. Thus, CO 2 fixation reactions are important to meet the global challenges, that is, to mitigate the concentration of CO 2 in the atmosphere through its fruitful utilization, which is of great interest from economic and environmental perspectives. Various metallic nanoparticles as well as metal oxides can be supported over high surface area porous materials and the resulting nanomaterial can act as heterogeneous and reusable solid catalyst for CO 2 fixation reactions for the synthesis of a large number of fuels, natural products agrochemicals, and pharmaceutical compounds. Here we present an overview of the recent progress as well as promising future of metal/metal oxide nanoparticles supported over porous nanomaterials as heterogeneous catalysts for a wide spectrum of these CO 2 fixation reactions.