Photo-Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Solar Fuel: A Review
K.J. Shah, S.Y. Pan, V. Gandhi, P.C. Chiang
Green chemistry and sustainable technology for CO2 capture, sequestration and utilization are urgently required to control CO2 growth. Amongst the available major methods (including chemical, photochemical, electrochemical and enzymatic methods), the photo-electrochemical method, especially development for solar to chemical or fuel technology, offers a green and potential alternative for efficient CO2 capture and conversion. This is a very active research area covering wide concepts and ideas under investigation with many barriers considering system engineering. This review will discuss the recent progress in this field as well as give a brief background on solar fuel conversion from captured CO2, suitable procedure for the solar fuel production and some of their critical components with case studies of methanol production.
Keywords
Green Chemistry, Solar Fuels, Photo-Electrochemical Solar Devices, Methanol, Carbon Utilization
Published online 2/25/2018, 24 pages
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21741/9781945291593-7
Part of Photocatalytic Nanomaterials for Environmental Applications
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