{"id":4329,"date":"2022-08-23T21:32:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T21:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nanowizard.info\/?p=4329"},"modified":"2024-06-24T22:19:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T22:19:02","slug":"congratulations-to-geoffs-birthday-paper-of-co2-photocatalysis-on-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/?p=4329","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Geoff\u2019s birthday paper of CO2 photocatalysis on Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nanowizard.info\/wp-content\/media\/Matter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1112\" title=\"Cover Final\" src=\"http:\/\/nanowizard.info\/wp-content\/media\/Matter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"189\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Today is Geoff\u2019s 79th birthday. Besides celebrating it online with family, friends, colleagues and alumni on the topic of <a href=\"https:\/\/utoronto-my.sharepoint.com\/:v:\/g\/personal\/chengliang_mao_mail_utoronto_ca\/EeOIclQ5BZBDnAxkVQIsqCwBuBuLyk5ud3G37mDFakaBdw?e=Rq375P\">\u201cride the train, save the world\u201d<\/a>, a birthday paper entitled \u201cAccelerated optochemical engineering solutions to CO2 photocatalysis for a sustainable future\u201d has been online today. \nIn this perspective, Geoff systematically looked at the past and present of the gas-phase heterogeneous CO2 photocatalysis by introduction of the background and summary on the state-of-the-arts. \n<p>Geoff points out that the vision of CO2 photocatalysis is to produce a pyramid of fundamental chemicals from CO2 and H2O to counter the climate change as illustrated in above picture, and currently, there are four main directions in seeking for high solar-to-chemical energy efficiency: 1) Materials engineering strategies and new reactor designs for enhanced-performance heterogeneous CO2 photocatalysis; 2) Computational modeling of design strategies for studying light and heat transport in photocatalytic CO2 hydrogenation processes; 3) Comparison of thermochemical, photochemical, and photothermal CO2 utilization strategies and future opportunities; 4) Determining key technoeconomic decision-making criteria for assessing photocatalytic process viability and potential the cost of a mole of photons to generate a mole of product is a pivotal metric to decide whether or not the industrialization of CO2 photocatalysis is technologically and economically viable. \n<p>Based on this, Geoff proposes that the accelerated development of the CO2 photocatalysis is necessary given the looming climate change. The vision is based on revolutionary scientific advances of self-driving laboratories that are expected to creatively integrate artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotic automation, and data management tools to accelerate the discovery of high-efficiency photocatalysts and photoreactors through fast, low-cost, and parallel rather than slow and expensive serial procedures. See full story at <a href=\"https:\/\/authors.elsevier.com\/a\/1fdj79Cyxc-DH0\">Matter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Geoff\u2019s 79th birthday. Besides celebrating it online with family, friends, colleagues and alumni on the topic of \u201cride the train, save the world\u201d, a birthday paper entitled \u201cAccelerated optochemical engineering solutions to CO2 photocatalysis for a sustainable future\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/?p=4329\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4329"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4340,"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329\/revisions\/4340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}