Highlights and challenges in the selective reduction of carbon dioxide to methanol

S Navarro-Jaén, M Virginie, J Bonin, M Robert… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the iconic greenhouse gas and the major factor driving present
global climate change, incentivizing its capture and recycling into valuable products and …

Artificial photosynthesis systems for solar energy conversion and storage: platforms and their realities

Z Wang, Y Hu, S Zhang, Y Sun - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In natural photosynthesis, photosynthetic organisms such as green plants realize efficient
solar energy conversion and storage by integrating photosynthetic components on the …

Identification of Halogen-Associated Active Sites on Bismuth-Based Perovskite Quantum Dots for Efficient and Selective CO2-to-CO Photoreduction

J Sheng, Y He, J Li, C Yuan, H Huang, S Wang… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
All-inorganic Pb-free bismuth (Bi) halogen perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) with distinct
structural and photoelectric properties provide plenty of room for selective photoreduction of …

Toward Excellence in Photocathode Engineering for Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction: Design Rationales and Current Progress

LK Putri, BJ Ng, WJ Ong, SP Chai… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (PEC CO2RR) is a promising technology
which offers the possibility of a carbon‐neutral solar fuel production via artificial …

Enzyme-photo-coupled catalytic systems

S Zhang, S Liu, Y Sun, S Li, J Shi, Z Jiang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Efficient chemical transformation in a green, low-carbon way is crucial for the sustainable
development of modern society. Enzyme-photo-coupled catalytic systems (EPCS) that …

Semi-biological approaches to solar-to-chemical conversion

X Fang, S Kalathil, E Reisner - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This review presents a comprehensive summary of the recent development in semi-artificial
photosynthesis, a biological-material hybrid approach to solar-to-chemical conversion that …

Unspecific peroxygenases immobilized on Pd-loaded three-dimensional ordered macroporous (3DOM) titania photocatalyst for photo-enzyme integrated catalysis

X Deng, X Zheng, F Jia, C Cao, H Song, Y Jiang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
The selective oxyfunctionalization of CH and Cdouble bondC bonds is highly important and
catalyzed by unspecific peroxygenases (UPOs) which suffer from inactivation by hydrogen …

Modulating catalytic activity and stability of atomically precise gold nanoclusters as peroxidase mimics via ligand engineering

H Shan, J Shi, T Chen, Y Cao, Q Yao, H An, Z Yang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Metal nanoclusters (NCs), composed of a metal core and protecting ligands, show promising
potentials as enzyme mimics for producing fuels, pharmaceuticals, and valuable chemicals …

Comproportionation of CO2 and Cellulose to Formate Using a Floating Semiconductor‐Enzyme Photoreforming Catalyst

E Lam, M Miller, S Linley, RR Manuel… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Formate production via both CO2 reduction and cellulose oxidation in a solar‐driven
process is achieved by a semi‐artificial biohybrid photocatalyst consisting of immobilized …

Promoting photocatalytic performance of TiO2 nanomaterials by structural and electronic modulation

H Cao, F Liu, Y Tai, W Wang, X Li, P Li, H Zhao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Titanium dioxide (TiO 2) possessing excellent visible light response and high separation
efficiency of charges without sacrificing its redox ability predicts significant opportunities for …