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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2018
Ifp Energies Nouvelles, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Sophie Bernadet, Merignac, FR;
Antoine Fecant, Brignais, FR;
Denis Uzio, Oullins, FR;
Renal-Vasco Backov, Bordeaux, FR;
Serge Ravaine, Cestas, FR;
IFP Energies nouvelles, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction method carried out in liquid and/or gas phase under irradiation, using a photocatalyst containing a first semiconductor, particles comprising one or more metallic-state elements M, and a second semiconductor SC, wherein the method is carried out by contacting a feedstock containing the COand at least one sacrificial compound with the photocatalyst, then irradiating the photocatalyst such that the COis reduced, and oxidising the sacrificial compound in order to produce an effluent containing at least in part C1 or above carbon molecules other than CO.