Ulmer Ulrich, Dingle Thomas, Duchesne Paul N, Morris Robert H, Tavasoli Alexandra, Wood Thomas, Ozin Geoffrey A
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada.
Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, 184 College Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3E4, Canada.
Nat Commun. 2019 Jul 18;10(1):3169. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-10996-2.
The extraction and combustion of fossil natural gas, consisting primarily of methane, generates vast amounts of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. However, as a result of recent research efforts, "solar methane" can now be produced through the photocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide and water to methane and oxygen. This approach could play an integral role in realizing a sustainable energy economy by closing the carbon cycle and enabling the efficient storage and transportation of intermittent solar energy within the chemical bonds of methane molecules. In this article, we explore the latest research and development activities involving the light-assisted conversion of carbon dioxide to methane.
主要由甲烷组成的化石天然气的开采和燃烧会产生大量导致气候变化的温室气体。然而,由于近期的研究努力,现在可以通过将二氧化碳和水进行光催化转化为甲烷和氧气来生产“太阳能甲烷”。这种方法通过闭合碳循环并使间歇性太阳能在甲烷分子的化学键内得以高效存储和运输,在实现可持续能源经济方面可以发挥不可或缺的作用。在本文中,我们探讨了有关光辅助将二氧化碳转化为甲烷的最新研发活动。