Direct growth of carbon nanotubes on Ni/TiO2 as next generation catalysts for photoreduction of CO2 to methane by water under visible light irradiation

Wee Jun Ong, Meei Mei Gui, Siang Piao Chai*, Abdul Rahman Mohamed

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Abstract

In this communication, we demonstrate for the first time that CNT@Ni/TiO2 nanocomposites were active in the photoreduction of CO2 into methane (CH4) under visible light irradiation. The nanocomposites were synthesized via co-precipitation followed by chemical vapor deposition at 750 °C. Our results showed that the band gap of the nanocomposites was 2.22 eV, leading to high absorption of visible light. The photocatalytic results exhibited the highest CH4 yield of 0.145 μmol gcatalyst-1 h-1 using CNT@Ni/TiO 2 nanocomposites compared with Ni/TiO2 and pure anatase TiO2 owing to the synergistic combination of the CNTs and TiO 2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4505-4509
Number of pages5
JournalRSC Advances
Volume3
Issue number14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Apr 2013
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemical Engineering
  • General Chemistry

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