Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 into Methanol: Significant Enhancement of the Methanol Yield over Bi2S3/CdS Photocatalyst

• Main Authors: M. Rahim, Uddin, Khan, Maksudur R., Md. Wasikur, Rahman, Cheng, C. K., Yousuf, Abu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2015
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/5996/1/Photocatalytic%20conversion%20of%20CO2%20into%20methanol-%20Significant%20enhancement%20of%20the%20methanol%20yield%20over%20Bi2S3-CdS%20photocatalyst.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/5996/; http://ijets.ump.edu.my/images/archive/Vol3-new/4.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

The present work is a significant approach to explore the photo-conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into methanol on Bi2S3/Cds photocatalyst under visible light irradiation. In this perspective, Bi2S3 nanoparticles have been successfully synthesized via corresponding salt and thiourea assisted sol-gel method. An innovative hetero-system Bi2S3/CdS has been proposed to achieve methanol photo evolution and its photocatalytic activities have been investigated.