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A self-made, low-cost tubular reactor for the gas-phase photo-catalytic CO2 reduction was developed. The resulting flow conditions cause an intensive interaction between the reactants in the gas-phase and the fixed bed photocatalyst. This approach is used to test the scalability of tubular reactors for the photocatalytic CO2 reduction.
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Dilla, M., Becerikli, A.E., Jakubowski, A. et al. Development of a tubular continuous flow reactor for the investigation of improved gas–solid interaction in photocatalytic CO2 reduction on TiO2. Photochem Photobiol Sci 18, 314–318 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1039/c8pp00518d
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