Research Article

Nb-Doped TiO2 Photocatalysts Used to Reduction of CO2 to Methanol

Table 3

Methanol concentrations obtained, quantified by GC-FID.

Photocatalytic powder (% Nb (w/w))Methanol yield (µmol/g-cat·h)Photocatalytic powder (% Nb (w/w))Methanol yield (µmol/g-cat·h)

Blank (photolysis)0P251.83
Nb–TiO2 0.0%0Nb–TiO2 0.0% SPT0
Nb–TiO2 0.5%0.54Nb–TiO2 0.5% SPT<0.01
Nb–TiO2 1.0%0.76Nb–TiO2 1.0% SPT0.16
Nb–TiO2 2.5%1.00Nb–TiO2 2.5% SPT0.40