Photocatalytic CO2 conversion: Beyond the earth

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Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2023, Vol. 50: 1-5.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(23)64472-9

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Photocatalytic CO₂ conversion: Beyond the earth

Jingxiang Low^a^,^b, Chao Zhang^a, Ferdi Karadas^c, Yujie Xiong^a^,^*()

^aHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
^bMultidisciplinary Platform of Advanced Engineering, Chemical Engineering Discipline, School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway 47500, Selangor, Malaysia
^cDepartment of Chemistry and National Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800, Turkey

Received:2023-04-03 Accepted:2023-06-12 Online:2023-07-18 Published:2023-07-25
Contact: *E-mail: yjxiong@ustc.edu.cn (Y. Xiong).
About author:Yujie Xiong (University of Science and technology of China) received his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry in 2004 from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). From 2004 to 2009, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Washington in Seattle and as a research associate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was the principal scientist at the Washington University in St. Louis in 2009-2011. He joined the USTC in 2011, and currently is the Chair Professor of Chemistry. His research centers on solar-driven artificial carbon cycle.
Supported by:
National Key R&D Program of China(2020YFA0710302);National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFE0126500);National Natural Science Foundation of China(52261135635);National Natural Science Foundation of China(22150610467);National Natural Science Foundation of China(22232003);TUBITAK(122N434)

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The issue of climate change attributed to CO₂ emissions has led to increased attention towards the study and development of artificial photosynthesis through photocatalytic CO₂ conversion to reconstruct the broken carbon cycle in nature. Photocatalytic CO₂ conversion can simultaneously reduce the CO₂ concentration in the atmosphere and produce valuable hydrocarbon fuels. With the recent discovery of abundant reserves of CO₂ and water at extraterrestrial sites, it has been proposed that photocatalytic CO₂ conversion can also be implemented at extraterrestrial sites to build up an artificial carbon cycle for providing propellants and life support for space missions. This comment presents our perspectives on the development of photocatalytic CO₂ conversion beyond Earth, with a focus on its general principles and potential challenges that may arise at extraterrestrial sites. Finally, a brief overview of the future research directions in this field is presented.

Key words: Photocatalysis, CO₂ conversion, Carbon cycle, In situ resource utilization, Hydrocarbon fuels

Jingxiang Low, Chao Zhang, Ferdi Karadas, Yujie Xiong. Photocatalytic CO₂ conversion: Beyond the earth[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2023, 50: 1-5.

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