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University of South Florida

Theses/Dissertations

2016

CO2 conversion

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Photocatalytic Reduction Of Co2 With Tunable Bandgap And Bandedge Materials, Thuhuong T. Ngo Nov 2016

Photocatalytic Reduction Of Co2 With Tunable Bandgap And Bandedge Materials, Thuhuong T. Ngo

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Solar energy is a sustainable resource which has substantial potential to meet the increasing demand for renewable energy. Though there has been some success in harvesting solar energy for electricity production, converting solar energy to chemical energy as fuels is still a challenge due to low efficiency.

Since the discovery of TiO2 photocatalysts for splitting water (4) and reducing CO2 (5) to form useful chemical feedstock such as H2, CO and CH4, much research has been done to increase the efficiency of photocatalysts. However, the current conversion efficiency of photocatalysts remains low (~5%) (6, …