Single Unit Cell Bismuth Tungstate Layers Realizing Robust Solar CO2 Reduction to Methanol

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 54; no. 47; pp. 13971 - 13974
• Main Authors: Liang, Liang, Lei, Fengcai, Gao, Shan, Sun, Yongfu, Jiao, Xingchen, Wu, Ju, Qamar, Shaista, Xie, Yi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 16.11.2015; WILEY‐VCH Verlag; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: atomic-layers; bismuth tungstate; Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Global warming; Methanol; solar CO2 reduction; atomic-layers; methanol; bismuth tungstate; solar CO2 reduction

Solar CO2 reduction into hydrocarbons helps to solve the global warming and energy crisis. However, conventional semiconductors usually suffer from low photoactivity and poor photostability. Here, atomically‐thin oxide‐based semiconductors are proposed as excellent platforms to overcome this drawbac...