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Photocatalytic Water Splitting and Carbon Dioxide Reduction

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Photocatalytic water splitting, which involves the simultaneous reduction and oxidation of water-producing hydrogen and oxygen gas, provides a means of harnessing the sun’s power to generate an energy source in a clean and renewable fashion. Photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to form hydrocarbons such as methane not only promises reduced emission of an important greenhouse but also a new source of fuel. Concerns over the effects of global climate change and the eventual demise of fossil fuels make the search for clean alternative energy sources a top priority. This chapter details the progress in these two increasingly important areas: hydrogen production by photocatalytic water splitting and photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction.

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    Nathan I. Hammer, Sarah Sutton & Jared Delcamp

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Hammer, N.I., Sutton, S., Delcamp, J., Graham, J.D. (2017). Photocatalytic Water Splitting and Carbon Dioxide Reduction. In: Chen, WY., Suzuki, T., Lackner, M. (eds) Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14409-2_46

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