ISSN:
0009-2940
Keywords:
Semiconductor
;
Photocatalysis
;
Carbon dioxide
;
Formate
;
Chemistry
;
Inorganic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Carbon dioxide is catalytically reduced to formate in a suspension of zinc sulfide in water/2,5-dihydrofuran when irradiated (λ ≥ 290 nm). Turnover rates are in the range of 1.5 monolayers CO2/h. No reaction occurs at pH=12, and a very slow one at pH=3.2,5-Dihydrofuran functions as reducing agent which is oxidized to dehydro dimers. When it is substituted by 2-propanol, no CO2 reduction is observed. Semiconductor photocatalysis by a two-electron transfer from zinc sulfide to adsorbed hydrogen carbonate is assumed as the key step of CO2 fixation.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cber.19911240529