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BaTi4O9 Photocatalysts with Variously Loaded Ag Cocatalyst for Highly Selective Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction with Water

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Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 with water to valuable chemicals has been getting attention as an artificial photosynthetic system using CO2 as a resource. A barium tetratitanate, BaTi4O9, loaded with Ag nanoparticles (Ag/BaTi4O9) successfully promoted the photocatalytic CO2 reduction to yield CO with very high selectivity (> 99%) in an aqueous solution.

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The XAFS experiment was performed under the approval of the Photon Factory Program Advisory Committee (Proposal No. 2020G667). This work was financially supported by the joint research program of the Artificial Photosynthesis, Osaka City University, ISHIZUE 2020 of Kyoto University Research Development Program, the Masuya Memorial Basic Research Foundation, and the Program for Element Strategy Initiative for Catalysts & Batteries (ESICB, JPMXP0112101003) commissioned by the MEXT of Japan.

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    Akihiko Anzai, Akira Yamamoto & Hisao Yoshida

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    Akira Yamamoto & Hisao Yoshida

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Anzai, A., Yamamoto, A. & Yoshida, H. BaTi4O9 Photocatalysts with Variously Loaded Ag Cocatalyst for Highly Selective Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction with Water. Catal Lett 152, 2498–2506 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-021-03831-1

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