Semiconductor Quantum Dots: An Emerging Candidate for CO2 Photoreduction

HL Wu, XB Li, CH Tung, LZ Wu - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
As one of the most critical approaches to resolve the energy crisis and environmental
concerns, carbon dioxide (CO2) photoreduction into value‐added chemicals and solar fuels …

[PDF][PDF] Advances on photocatalytic CO2 reduction based on CdS and CdSe nano-semiconductors

J Wu, J Liu, W Xia, YY Ren, F Wang - Acta Phys. Chim. Sin, 2020 - whxb.pku.edu.cn
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the main greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The
conversion of CO2 into solar fuels (CO, HCOOH, CH4, CH3OH, etc.) using artificial …

Smart utilization of carbon dots in semiconductor photocatalysis

H Yu, R Shi, Y Zhao, GIN Waterhouse… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient capture of solar energy will be critical to meeting the energy needs of the future.
Semiconductor photocatalysis is expected to make an important contribution in this regard …

Enabling Visible‐Light‐Driven Selective CO2 Reduction by Doping Quantum Dots: Trapping Electrons and Suppressing H2 Evolution

J Wang, T Xia, L Wang, X Zheng, Z Qi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum dots (QDs), a class of promising candidates for harvesting visible light, generally
exhibit low activity and selectivity towards photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Functionalizing QDs …

Functional Group Modulation in Carbon Quantum Dots for Accelerating Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

Z Liu, W Hou, H Guo, Z Wang, L Wang… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This study investigates the mechanism behind the enhanced photocatalytic performance of
carbon quantum dot (CQD)-induced photocatalysts. Red luminescent CQDs (R-CQDs) were …

Recent advances in CdS-based photocatalysts for CO2 photocatalytic conversion

K Yang, Z Yang, C Zhang, Y Gu, J Wei, Z Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Semiconductor-based CO 2 photoreduction for generating chemical energy has recently
attracted special attention owing to its tremendous potential for solving increasingly grim …

Stand-Alone CdS Nanocrystals for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction with High Efficiency and Selectivity

YX Feng, HJ Wang, JW Wang, W Zhang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The development of a cost-effective photocatalyst is highly anticipated to achieve efficient
photocatalytic CO2 reduction with superior selectivity, which is still facing the lack of valid …

Frustrated Lewis Pair Sites Boosting CO2 Photoreduction on Cs2CuBr4 Perovskite Quantum Dots

J Sheng, Y He, M Huang, C Yuan, S Wang… - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Lead (Pb) halide perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) are promising candidates for the
photochemical reduction of CO2. However, the intrinsically weak adsorption and activation …

Cu clusters immobilized on Cd-defective cadmium sulfide nano-rods towards photocatalytic CO2 reduction

L Cheng, B Li, H Yin, J Fan, Q Xiang - Journal of Materials Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Single-site metal atoms or clusters (SMCs) present high potential to enable the exploration
of energetics and kinetics in heterogeneous photocatalysis owing to their unique properties …

[HTML][HTML] ZnSe quantum dots modified with a Ni (cyclam) catalyst for efficient visible-light driven CO 2 reduction in water

MF Kuehnel, CD Sahm, G Neri, JR Lee, KL Orchard… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
A precious metal and Cd-free photocatalyst system for efficient CO2 reduction in water is
reported. The hybrid assembly consists of ligand-free ZnSe quantum dots (QDs) as a visible …