There is provided one-solution type photocatalyst-containing coating suspension comprising: 100 parts by weight of an aqueous solution including deionized water; 2 to 15 parts by weight of photocatalyst powders, wherein each of the photocatalyst powders receives light from an outside and exhibits a photocatalytic effect; 10 to 20 parts by weight of a negatively charged surfactant, wherein the surfactant surrounds the photocatalyst powders such that the photocatalyst powers are micellized into micelles dispersed in the aqueous solution; 5 to 15 parts by weight of colloidal inorganic binders dispersed in the aqueous solution.

A heterogeneous core@shell photocatalyst having a combination of properties that include rapid adsorption and effective decomposition with respect to various substances is provided. This core@shell photocatalyst comprises a conventional photocatalyst core coated with an adsorbent surface layer (in the nanometer size range). The novel heterogeneous photocatalyst can be formed by a simple hydrothermal method.

Disclosed herein are carbon doped tin disulphide (CSnS.sub.2) and other SnS.sub.2 composites as visible light photocatalyst for CO.sub.2 reduction to solar fuels. The in situ carbon doped SnS.sub.2 photocatalyst provide higher efficiency than the undoped pure SnS.sub.2. Also disclosed herein are methods for preparing the catalysts.

Disclosed herein are carbon doped tin disulphide (CSnS.sub.2) and other SnS.sub.2 composites as visible light photocatalyst for CO.sub.2 reduction to solar fuels. The in situ carbon doped SnS.sub.2 photocatalyst provide higher efficiency than the undoped pure SnS.sub.2. Also disclosed herein are methods for preparing the catalysts.

A method for manufacturing a carbon nanotube assembled wire includes: a first step of supplying a carbon-containing gas to a plurality of catalyst particles in a suspended state in a tubular carbon nanotube synthesis furnace to grow a carbon nanotube from each of the plurality of catalyst particles to obtain a plurality of carbon nanotubes; and a second step of assembling the plurality of carbon nanotubes together to obtain a plurality of carbon nanotube assembled wires.

A robust and general method is provided to synthesize noble metal-based amorphous-crystalline heterophase nanoparticles, each having an amorphous noble metal core and a crystalline semiconductor/metal shell or a Janus structure with an amorphous noble metal domain and a crystalline metal domain attached side by side with the amorphous noble metal domain (i.e., snowman-like structure). The as-synthesized heterophase nanoparticles not only exhibit superior activities in diverse catalytic reactions but also show unexpected high stability, which could be used as ideal templates for the seeded growth of other nanostructures, thus show tremendous potential in different applications including electrocatalysis and photocatalysis. With efficiently separated photo-induced electron and photo-induced holes, superior catalytic performance of amorphous nanomaterials, efficient solar energy conversion ability of crystalline semiconductors, as well as the synergistic effect between them, the controlled construction of amorphous noble metal-crystalline semiconductor heterostructures can be a promising route to development of high-performance catalysts towards photocatalytic reactions.

A robust and general method is provided to synthesize noble metal-based amorphous-crystalline heterophase nanoparticles, each having an amorphous noble metal core and a crystalline semiconductor/metal shell or a Janus structure with an amorphous noble metal domain and a crystalline metal domain attached side by side with the amorphous noble metal domain (i.e., snowman-like structure). The as-synthesized heterophase nanoparticles not only exhibit superior activities in diverse catalytic reactions but also show unexpected high stability, which could be used as ideal templates for the seeded growth of other nanostructures, thus show tremendous potential in different applications including electrocatalysis and photocatalysis. With efficiently separated photo-induced electron and photo-induced holes, superior catalytic performance of amorphous nanomaterials, efficient solar energy conversion ability of crystalline semiconductors, as well as the synergistic effect between them, the controlled construction of amorphous noble metal-crystalline semiconductor heterostructures can be a promising route to development of high-performance catalysts towards photocatalytic reactions.

Disclosed are a metal catalyst with a vertical heterojunction interface and a method of producing the same. The metal catalyst with the vertical heterojunction interface according to an embodiment of the disclosure allows hydrogen adsorbed on a transition metal oxide to be transferred to a transition metal sulfide (hydrogen spillover phenomenon), thereby having effects on having both excellent hydrogen adsorption performance and excellent catalyst activities.

Disclosed are a metal catalyst with a vertical heterojunction interface and a method of producing the same. The metal catalyst with the vertical heterojunction interface according to an embodiment of the disclosure allows hydrogen adsorbed on a transition metal oxide to be transferred to a transition metal sulfide (hydrogen spillover phenomenon), thereby having effects on having both excellent hydrogen adsorption performance and excellent catalyst activities.

The present invention provides a catalyst for catalytic reduction of an industrial flue gas SO.sub.2 with CO to prepare sulfur, a method for preparing the same and use thereof. A CeO.sub.2 nanocarrier is prepared by using a hydrothermal method, La and Y are loaded as active components, pre-sulfurization is conducted with 6% of SO.sub.2 and 3% of CO, and finally, the catalyst is prepared. The catalyst has high reactivity and sulfur selectivity and strong stability. The by-product sulfur generated by the reaction is recovered with a solvent CS.sub.2, and the solvent CS.sub.2 is recovered by using a distillation process. The preparation method is low in cost, causes no secondary pollution and is high in sulfur recovery rate. The problem of low sulfur production in China at present is solved.