Light-driven thermocatalytic CO2 reduction over surface-passivated β-Mo2C nanowires: enhanced catalytic stability by light

Surface-passivated β-Mo2C (P-Mo2C) nanowires were first applied to light-driven thermocatalytic CO2 reduction with H2O and exhibited activity 4.5 times that of P25 under the same conditions. As compared to traditional thermocatalysis, the catalytic stability of P-Mo2C in the light-driven thermocatalysis was significantly improved, due to the light-promoted removal of the generated hydroxyls.