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Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) to hydrocarbon fuels

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Enhancement of Carrier Migration by Monolayer MXene Structure in Ti3CN/TiO2 Heterojunction to Achieve Efficient Photothermal Synergistic Transformation of CO2

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Research progress of photoelectrochemical conversion of CO2 to C2+ products

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Advances in the Reactions of CO2 and Epoxides Catalyzed by Heterometallic Complexes

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Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2024, 44, 3063
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Advancements on metal oxide semiconductor photocatalysts in photo-electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide into fuels and other useful products

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Front. Energy, 2024, 18, 187
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Low-Temperature Synthesis of Cyano-Rich Modified Surface-Alkalinized Heterojunctions with Directional Charge Transfer for Photocatalytic In Situ Generation and Consumption of Peroxides

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Regulation Strategy of Nanostructured Engineering on Indium‐Based Materials for Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO2

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Graphdiyne/Ag2Mo2O7 S‐Scheme Heterojunction for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production Promoted with Efficient Photogenerated Carriers Separation

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Solar RRL, 2024, 8
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Density‐Functional Theory Studies on Photocatalysis and Photoelectrocatalysis: Challenges and Opportunities

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Structural Engineering of Metal‐Organic Frameworks for Efficient CO2 Reduction Reaction

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ChemCatChem, 2024, 16
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Progress in heterostructures for photoelectrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide into fuels and value-added products

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Photoelectrothermocatalytic reduction of CO2 to glycol via CdIn2S4-N/C hollow heterostructure mimicking plant cell

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Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 485, 149707
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Modulation of Fe–MOF via second-transition metal ion doping (Ti, Mn, Zn, Cu) for efficient visible-light driven CO2 reduction to CH4

Yeyin Zhang, Ruting Huang, Yong Fang, Jiacheng Wang, Zijie Yuan, Xinwei Chen, Wenjie Zhu, Yuan Cai and Xianyang Shi

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In situ construction of CuBi-MOF derived heterojunctions with electron-rich effects enhances localized CO2 enrichment integrated with Si photocathodes for CO2 reduction

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Recent progress of MOF-functionalized nanocomposites: From structure to properties

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Fundamental Insights into Photoelectrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction: Elucidating the Reaction Pathways

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Molybdenum oxide/nickel molybdenum oxide heterostructures hybridized active platinum co-catalyst toward superb-efficiency water splitting catalysis

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Flower-like TiO2/TiB2 heterojunction for selective photoelectrocatalytic CO2 conversion to carboxylic acids – Boron-assisted oxidation mechanism

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Boosting the Catalytic Performance of NiMoO4 Nanorods in H2 Generation upon NH3BH3 Hydrolysis via a Reduction Process

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Building organic-inorganic heterojunction NiCo2O4/h-BN toward artificial photosynthesis—Boron as hole

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Leaf-like MSX/TiN heterojunction photocathodes mimicking plant cell – An effective strategy to enhance photoelectrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction and systematic mechanism investigation

Yan Wei, Chenpu He, Noushad Ullah, Youzhi Cao, Changwan Zhuang, Bing Wang, Jianhua Wang, Zhengkang Hu, Di Ma, Weichun Ye and Huanwang Jing

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