A novel approach to reduction of CO2 into methanol by water splitting with aluminum over a copper catalyst

Lingyun Lyu; Fangming Jin; Heng Zhong; Hongjuan Chen; Guodong Yao

doi:10.1039/C5RA02872H

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A novel approach to reduction of CO₂ into methanol by water splitting with aluminum over a copper catalyst†

Lingyun Lyu,^a Fangming Jin,*^a Heng Zhong,*^b Hongjuan Chen^c and Guodong Yao^a

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^a School of Environmental Science and Engineering, State Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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^b Research Center for Advance Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
E-mail: zhongheng@hotaka.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

^c State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China

Abstract

A novel method of water splitting for CO₂ reduction into methanol was proposed by directly using commercially available and non-precious Al and Cu powder as a reductant and catalyst, respectively. A 22% yield of methanol was obtained from CO₂. This technique is simple and environmentally friendly, and also provides an example of a multitude of possible chemical reactions for CO₂ conversion.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA02872H
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 14 Feb 2015
Accepted: 17 Mar 2015
First published: 17 Mar 2015

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RSC Adv., 2015,5, 31450-31453

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A novel approach to reduction of CO₂ into methanol by water splitting with aluminum over a copper catalyst

L. Lyu, F. Jin, H. Zhong, H. Chen and G. Yao, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 31450 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA02872H

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