Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 Using ZnO Semiconductor by Hydrothermal Method

  • Kayode Adesina Adegoke Department of Chemistry, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa.
  • Muzaffar Iqbal National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100191 China
  • Hitler Louis Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Calabar, P. M. B 1115 Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
  • Saad Ullah Jan National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100191 China.
  • Anam Mateen Department of Chemistry, University of Sargodha, Sub-Campus Bhakkar, Pakistan.
  • Olugbenga Solomon Bello Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, P. M. B. 4000, Ogbomoso. Oyo State
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21743/pjaec/2018.06.01

Abstract

Photocatalytic conversion of CO2 using ZnO semiconductor is an effective, simple, economical and attractive way of combating energy problems resulting from anthropogenic emissions of CO2 i.e. greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. This article focuses on current advances in CO2 photoreduction by hydrothermal method. The fundamental photocatalytic CO2 reduction system by photocatalysts especially ZnO has been explicated. The synthetic protocol of ZnO and its growth mechanism in alkaline solution is elaborated with specific illustration of defect chemistry and its influence on CO2 reduction activity and selectivity. Conclusively, brief challenges of its current state and future prospects were also discussed.

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Jun 27, 2018
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ADEGOKE, Kayode Adesina et al. Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 Using ZnO Semiconductor by Hydrothermal Method. Pakistan Journal of Analytical & Environmental Chemistry, [S.l.], v. 19, n. 1, p. 1-27, june 2018. ISSN 2221-5255. Available at: <https://pjaec.pk/index.php/pjaec/article/view/388>. Date accessed: 04 dec. 2023. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21743/pjaec/2018.06.01.
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