Regulating the *OCCHO intermediate pathway towards highly selective photocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> reduction to CH<sub>3</sub>CHO over locally crystallized carbon nitride

Authors: Qiong Liu, Hui Cheng, Tianxiang Chen, Tsz Woon Benedict Lo, Zhangmin Xiang, Fuxian Wang

Published: 2021-11-16

DOI: 10.1039/d1ee02073k

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Abstract

Locally crystallized PCN is prone to form *OCCHO groups rather than *CH2O groups, regulating the endoergic C–C coupling step to a simultaneous exoergic reaction and changing the reaction pathway towards CH3CHO (selectivity of 98.3%) instead of HCHO.