Journal
SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
Volume 91, Issue 19, Pages 1765-1774Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2007.06.003
Keywords
photocatalytic reduction; carbon dioxide; operating parameters; reaction pathways; kinetic modeling
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The photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) was studied in a self-designed circulated photocatalytic reaction system under titanium dioxide (TiO2, Degussa P-25) and zirconium oxide (ZrO2) photocatalysts and reductants at room temperature and constant pressure. The wavelengths of incident ultraviolet (UV) light for the photocatalysis of TiO2 and ZrO2 were 365 and 254 nm, respectively. Experimental results indicated that the highest yield of the photoreduction Of CO2 were obtained using TiO2 with H-2 + H2O and ZrO2 with H2. Photoreduction Of CO2 over TiO2 with H-2 + H2O formed CH4, CO, and C2H6 with the yield of 8.21, 0.28, and 0.20 Vmol/g, respectively, while the photoreduction Of CO2 over ZrO2 with H-2 formed CO at a yield of 1.24 Vmol/g. The detected reaction products supported the proposition of two reaction pathways for the photoreduction Of CO2 over TiO2 and ZrO2 with H-2 and H2O, respectively. Additionally, a one-site Langmuir-Hinshewood (L-H) kinetic model was successfully applied to simulate the photoreduction rate of CO2. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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