Efficient Visible Light Photocatalytic CO2 Reforming of CH4

Authors

Bing Han, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Wei Wei, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Liang Chang, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Peifu Cheng, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Yun Hang Hu, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-5-2016

Department

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Abstract

The large energy requirement of CO2 reforming of methane (CRM) has obstructed its application. Solar energy is a solution for the issue. Different from efficient photocatalytic splitting of water, photocatalysis for CRM exhibits a very low efficiency and employs only ultraviolet (UV) light. This letter reports an efficient visible-light photocatalytic CRM by combining Pt/black TiO2 catalyst with light-diffuse-reflection-surface. Under visible light illumination by filtering UV light from AM 1.5G sunlight, H2 and CO yields reached 71 and 158 mmol/h/gcat, with a quantum efficiency of 32.3% at 550 °C, and 129 and 370 mmol/h/gcat, with a quantum efficiency of 57.8% at 650 °C. Those yields are 3 orders of magnitude larger than the reported values.

Publisher's Statement

© 2015 American Chemical Society. Publisher’s version of record: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5b02653

Publication Title

ACS Catalysis

Recommended Citation

Han, B., Wei, W., Chang, L., Cheng, P., & Hu, Y. (2016). Efficient Visible Light Photocatalytic CO2 Reforming of CH4. ACS Catalysis, 6(2), 494-497. http://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5b02653
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