Photocatalytic CO2 Fixation

This paper deals with the mechanistic investigations of the photoreduction of CO2 using CdS nanocrystallites as photocatalysts in view of the changes in surface structures of CdS-DMF induced by the addition of excess Cd + and the interaction of adsorbed CO2 molecules with the surface. The work is extended to the achievement of photocatalytic CO2 fixation into organic substrates. 

Table 3 Turnover numbers of the components in photocatalytic CO2 fixation experiments in the presence of 16, RSH, MV, NADP, and enzymes...

A simple model describes the linear and nonlinear optical properties of conjugated polymers [e.g., oligo(thiophene)s] found from the measurements of the optical band gap of two oligomers of different length, without the need for supercomputing power [409]. Photocatalytic CO2 fixation is observed in photoirradiation experiments on a PAT film immersed in ethanol solution containing 4-butylphenol in a CO2 atmosphere [367,368]. An electric field induces changes in the optical properties of PATs and poly(thienylene vinylenejs. The induced absorption is proportional to the square of the applied electric field and its line shape is field invariant [410]. 

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