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Photocatalytic Converter CO2 & H2O to Hydrocarbons

March 8, 2009 | 2 Comments

Photocatalytic Converter CO2 & H2O to Hydrocarbons. Click image for more.

Efficient solar conversion of carbon dioxide and water vapor to methane and other hydrocarbons is achieved using nitrogen-doped titania nanotube arrays, with a wall thickness low enough to facilitate effective carrier transfer to the adsorbing species, surface-loaded with nanodimensional islands of cocatalysts platinum and/or copper. All experiments are conducted in outdoor sunlight at University Park, PA. Using outdoor global AM 1.5 sunlight, 100 mW/cm2, a hydrocarbon production rate of 111 ppm cm−2 h−1, or ≈160 μL/(g h), is obtained when the nanotube array samples are loaded with both Cu and Pt nanoparticles.


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  1. peter levinoff on August 13, 2009 11:46 PM

    newenergyandfuel.com is very informative. The article is very professionally written. I enjoy reading newenergyandfuel.com every day.

  2. John on October 7, 2011 4:38 PM

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