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Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.99, 19-47, July, 2021
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2021.04.017  Export Citation
Influence of various operational parameters in enhancing photocatalytic reduction efficiency of carbon dioxide in a photoreactor: A review
Akhil G. Variar1, Ramyashree M.S.1, Veekshit Udayakumar Ail1, Shanmuga Priya S.1, †, Sudhakar K.2, 3, and Muhammad Tahir4, †
  • 1Department of Chemical Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576104, Karnataka, India
  • 2Faculty of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Pekan 26600, Malaysia
  • 3Energy Centre, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal 462003, India
  • 4School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi of Malaysia (UTM), 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
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Photocatalytic CO2 reduction is a rapidly evolving sustainable approach for CO2 reduction and renewable fuel production. The photocatalytic conversion efficiency of CO2 depends on many operational aspects. This review focuses on some of the important operational and intrinsic parameters that significantly influence CO2 photocatalytic reduction efficiency. The critical parameters studied are temperature, pH, pressure, catalyst size, catalytic doping, reaction time, reaction time, feed ratio, reducing agents, type of solvent, the wavelength of the light source, light intensity, and effect of direct solar radiation. The temperature directly impacts photocatalytic reduction. Similarly, the effect of pressure was systemati-cally discussed. The morphology of photocatalysts and their effects on CO2 reduction efficiency and products selectivity are also deliberated. The review also focuses on a detailed assessment of the role of photoreactor design with the various photocatalytic reactor, their geometry, operating mode and phases. The reaction pathways for specific products are discussed based on several characterization techniques. Hence, this work gives a deeper understanding of the influential operational parameters affecting CO2 photoreduction and provides new directions on optimizing them to enhance the photoreduction efficiency of CO2 to renewable fuels.
Keywords:Photocatalytic CO2 reduction;CO/CH4 production;Photoreactors;Operating parameters;Structured photocatalysts
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