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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2018
Applicant:
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, SA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, SA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 29/00 (2006.01); C07C 31/04 (2006.01); B01J 23/00 (2006.01); C07C 29/153 (2006.01); B01J 37/34 (2006.01); C01B 32/50 (2017.01); B01J 23/08 (2006.01); G01N 23/20 (2018.01); C25B 1/04 (2006.01); G01N 30/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 29/153 (2013.01); B01J 23/08 (2013.01); B01J 37/345 (2013.01); C01B 32/50 (2017.08); C07C 31/04 (2013.01); C25B 1/04 (2013.01); G01N 23/20075 (2013.01); G01N 2030/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of forming methanol by irradiating a mixture comprising water, carbon dioxide, and a photocatalyst with UV light to photo-catalytically reduce the carbon dioxide thereby forming methanol, wherein the photocatalyst comprises non-templated indium-oxide nanoparticles and/or templated indium-oxide nanoparticles. Various combinations of the embodiments of the templated indium-oxide nanoparticles and the non-templated indium-oxide nanoparticles photocatalyst as well as the method of forming methanol are provided.