CO2 capture and photocatalytic reduction using bifunctional TiO2/MOF nanocomposites under UV–vis irradiation

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 210, Issue , 2017, Pages 131-140

  Crake, Angus ^a   Christoforidis, Konstantinos C ^a   Kafizas, Andreas ^a   Zafeiratos, Spyridon ^b   Petit, Camille ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Metal organic frameworks; Photocatalysis; Reduction; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ADSORPTION; CHARGE TRANSFER; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IRRADIATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSHEETS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANOMETALLICS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REDUCTION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BIFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; LIGHT IRRADIATIONS; METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 85016466329     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.03.039     Document Type: Article

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