I. V. Silaev, S. A. Khubezhov, A. G. Ramonova, G. S. Grigorkina, A. G. Kaloeva, Z. S. Demeev, A. P. Bliev, D. Sekiba, S. Ogura, K. Fukutani, T. T. Magkoev, “Photoinduced conversion of carbon dioxide and water molecules to methanol on the surface of molybdenum oxide MoO$_{x}$ $(x<2)$”, Pisma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2016, Volume 42, Issue 5,Pages 96

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Photoinduced conversion of carbon dioxide and water molecules to methanol on the surface of molybdenum oxide MoO$_{x}$ $(x<2)$

I. V. Silaev^a, S. A. Khubezhov^a, A. G. Ramonova^a, G. S. Grigorkina^a, A. G. Kaloeva^a, Z. S. Demeev^a, A. P. Bliev^a, D. Sekiba^b, S. Ogura^b, K. Fukutani^b, T. T. Magkoev^a

^a North Ossetian State University after Kosta Levanovich Khetagurov, Vladikavkaz
^b The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Abstract: X-ray and UV photoelectron spectroscopic data are used to demonstrate that, when pulsed laser light with a photon energy of 6.4 eV acts on the surface of nonstoichiometric molybdenum oxide MoO$_{x}$ $(x<2)$, methanol is effectively formed from adsorbed molecules of carbon dioxide and water. The processes in which CO$_2$ and H$_2$O molecules are adsorbed on substrate surface defects and their bonds are activated, enhanced under the effect of photons, should be regarded as the key factors.

Keywords: Technical Physic Letter, Anionic Vacancy, Molybdenum Oxide, CHOOH, PHOTOINDUCED Conversion.

Received: 27.10.2015