Size-dependent activity and selectivity of carbon dioxide photocatalytic reduction over platinum nanoparticles

Light-driven carbon dioxide conversion into fuels provides a nature-inspired strategy to combat climate change, but how materials do so remains a challenge. Here, the authors prepare metal–semiconductor composites and find platinum-nanoparticle size controls fuel selectivity and activity.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chunyang Dong, Cheng Lian, Songchang Hu, Zesheng Deng, Jianqiu Gong, Mingde Li, Honglai Liu, Mingyang Xing, Jinlong Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03666-2