<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Photoreduction of carbon dioxide to methanol over copper based zeolitic imidazolate framework-8: A new generation photocatalyst"^^ . "The efficient reduction of CO2 into valuable products such as methanol, over metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based catalyst, has received much attention. The photocatalytic reduction is considered the most economical method due to the utilization of solar energy. In this study, Copper (II)/Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8 (Cu/ZIF-8) catalysts were synthesized via a hydrothermal method for photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to methanol. The synthesized catalysts were characterized by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) coupled with Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX), Ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy, and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). The host ZIF-8, treated with 2 mmol copper prepared in 2M ammonium hydroxide solution showed the highest photocatalytic activity. The crystal structures of ZIF-8 and 2Cu/ZIF-8N2 catalysts were observed as cubic and orthorhombic, respectively and the XPS analysis confirmed the deposition of Cu (II) ions over ZIF-8 surface among all the prepared catalysts. The orthorhombic structure, nano-sized crystals, morphology and Cu loading of the 2Cu/ZIF-8N2 catalyst were the core factors to influence the photocatalytic activity. The yield of Methanol was found to be 35.82 µmol/L·g after 6 h of irradiations on 2Cu/ZIF-8N2 catalyst in the wavelength range between 530�580 nm. The copper-based ZIF-8 catalyst has proven as an alternative approach for the economical photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CH3OH. © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland."^^ . "2018" . . "8" . "12" . . "MDPI"^^ . . . "Catalysts"^^ . . . "20734344" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "M.S."^^ . "Shaharun"^^ . "M.S. Shaharun"^^ . . "M."^^ . "Ameen"^^ . "M. Ameen"^^ . . "S."^^ . "Goyal"^^ . "S. Goyal"^^ . . "C.F."^^ . "Kait"^^ . "C.F. Kait"^^ . . "B."^^ . "Abdullah"^^ . "B. Abdullah"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #9529 \n\nPhotoreduction of carbon dioxide to methanol over copper based zeolitic imidazolate framework-8: A new generation photocatalyst\n\n" . "text/html" . .