Improving photoreduction of CO2 with water to CH4 in a novel concentrated solar reactor

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摘要 CO2photoreductionisanattractiveprocesswhichallowsthestorageofsolarenergyandsynthesisofsolarfuels.Manydifferentphotocatalyticsystemshavebeendeveloped,whilethealternativephoto-reactorsarestillinsufficientlyinvestigated.Inthiswork,photoreductionofCO2withH2OintoCH4wasinvestigatedinamodifiedconcentratingsolarreactor,usingTiO2andPt/TiO2asthecatalysts.TheTiO2andPt/TiO2sampleswereextensivelycharacterizedbydifferenttechniquesincludingpowderX-raydiffraction(XRD),N2adsorption/desorptionandUV–visabsorption.ThecatalyticperformanceoftheTiO2andPt/TiO2samplesinthegasphasewasevaluatedunderunconcentratedandconcentratedXe-lamplightandnaturesolarlightwithdifferentconcentratingratios.VariousparametersofthereactionsystemandthecatalystswereinvestigatedandoptimizedtomaximizethecatalyticperformanceofCO2reductionsystem.Comparedwiththenormallightirradiation,theTiO2andPt/TiO2samplesshowhigherphotocatalyticactivity(about6–7times)forreducingCO2intoCH4underconcentratedXe-lamplightandnaturesolarlight.Intherangeofexperimentallightintensity,itisfoundthattheconcentrationofthelightmakesitsuitableforthecatalyticreaction,andincreasestheutilizationefficiencyoftheTiO2andPt/TiO2sampleswhiledoesnotdecreasethequantumefficiency.
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出处 《能源化学:英文版》 2017年4期
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出版日期 2017年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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