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Control of CeO2 Defect Sites for Photo- and Thermal- Synergistic Catalysis of CO2 and Methanol to DMC

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Quadrangular-pyramid-octahedral CeO2 with defects was successfully prepared and first used as effective and reusable heterogeneous catalyst for photo- and thermal- synergistic catalytic synthesis of DMC, and it showed better catalytic performance than that of thermocatalysis alone. The corner defects may be the active site based on experimental result and DFT calculation.

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The CeO2 with specific defects was prepared by PECVD method and first applied for photo-thermal synergistic catalytic synthesis of DMC from CO2 and methanol, which showed superior catalytic performance to that of thermocatalysis alone, and the active site maybe the corner defect.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1832165, 22102001, 21976001), Anhui Natural Science Foundation (2108085QB48, 2008085QB85), Higher Education Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (KJ2021A0029, KJ2021A0027), Key Research and Development Program of Anhui Province (202004a05020015, 006233172019), Startup Foundation of Anhui University (S020318008/010) and Foundation of School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Anhui University.

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J-qB: formal analysis, investigation, and writing–original draft. LL: formal analysis, investigation, and writing–original draft. JL: DFT calculation. QW: writing–review and editing, and funding acquisition. YS: Manuscript revision, discussion. QC: Manuscript revision, discussion. MC: investigation, discussion. SS: supervision and writing–review and editing, and funding acquisition.

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Bai, Jq., Lv, L., Liu, J. et al. Control of CeO2 Defect Sites for Photo- and Thermal- Synergistic Catalysis of CO2 and Methanol to DMC. Catal Lett 153, 3209–3218 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-022-04235-5

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