Visible-light-driven methane formation from CO2 with a molecular iron catalyst

Nature

Volumn 548, Issue 7665, 2017, Pages 74-77

  Rao, Heng ^a   Schmidt, Luciana C ^a,b   Bonin, Julien ^a   Robert, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FISICOQUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; IRON COMPLEX; IRON TETRAPHENYLPORPHYRIN; METHANE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; TETRAPHENYLPORPHYRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYST; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FORMIC ACID; FUEL CONSUMPTION; IRRADIANCE; METHANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; REDUCTION (CHEMISTRY); SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 85026871998     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature23016     Document Type: Article

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