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ReviewNature communications2019

Fundamentals and applications of photocatalytic CO

Ulrich Ulmer, Thomas Dingle, Paul N Duchesne, Robert H Morris, Alexandra Tavasoli, Thomas Wood, Geoffrey A Ozin

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
53citing papers in PubMed
12.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 469 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. CoO/CoRSC advances · 2026
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  2. Efficient and Robust Heterostructure CeZrOAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  4. Water Vapor-Enhanced Selective Production of Methane During Photothermal COAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  5. Plasmon-Enhanced COAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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  9. Photo-thermal Catalytic COACS applied materials & interfaces · 2025
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  10. Selective conversion of CONature communications · 2025
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  11. Understanding the Light-Driven Enhancement of COMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  13. CORSC advances · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ulrich UlmerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada. ulrich.ulmer@gmx.de.
Thomas DingleDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada.
Paul N DuchesneDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada.
Robert H MorrisDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7574-9388
Alexandra TavasoliDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada.
Thomas WoodDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada.
Geoffrey A OzinDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada. gozin@chem.utoronto.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-0925
University of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The extraction and combustion of fossil natural gas, consisting primarily of methane, generates vast amounts of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. However, as a result of recent research efforts, "solar methane" can now be produced through the photocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide and water to methane and oxygen. This approach could play an integral role in realizing a sustainable energy economy by closing the carbon cycle and enabling the efficient storage and transportation of intermittent solar energy within the chemical bonds of methane molecules. In this article, we explore the latest research and development activities involving the light-assisted conversion of carbon dioxide to methane.

Identifiers

PMID31320620
PMCPMC6639413
OpenAlexW2960791141

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