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Photodeposition Conditions of Silver Cocatalyst on Titanium Oxide Photocatalyst Directing Product Selectivity in Photocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide with Water

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Ag-loaded TiO2 photocatalysts prepared by photodeposition method in an argon atmosphere exhibited highly selective photocatalytic activity for CO2 reduction with water to produce CO, while the sample prepared under an air atmosphere predominantly promoted water splitting.

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The author, A.S Hammad, gratefully acknowledges the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education MOHE, which has granted him a full Ph.D. scholarship, and Egypt-Japan University (E-JUST), specially the TMD (Technology Management Department), for providing the facilities to accomplish this work. Additionally, the authors gratefully acknowledge all members of the Yoshida Lab, Kyoto University for the help and support they offered. This study was financially supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “singularity-structure project” (No. 17H05334) from JSPS, and the Program for Element Strategy Initiative for Catalysts & Batteries (ESICB), commissioned by the MEXT of Japan.

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    Ahmed Hammad, Ahmed EL-Shazly & Marwa Elkady

  2. Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt

    Ahmed Hammad

  3. Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606–8501, Japan

    Akihiko Anzai, Xing Zhu, Akira Yamamoto, Daiki Ootsuki, Teppei Yoshida & Hisao Yoshida

  4. Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University, Kyoto, 615–8520, Japan

    Akira Yamamoto & Hisao Yoshida

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Hammad, A., Anzai, A., Zhu, X. et al. Photodeposition Conditions of Silver Cocatalyst on Titanium Oxide Photocatalyst Directing Product Selectivity in Photocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide with Water. Catal Lett 150, 1081–1088 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-019-02997-z

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