ABSTRACT
The photochemical fixation of carbon dioxide has stimulated considerable interest, in providing models of prebiotic photosynthesis J Earlier work on such artificial photosynthesis has been reviewed.^
U V ILLU M IN A TIO N IN HO M O G EN EO U S M EDIA
The direct photolysis of CO2 in the homogeneous gas phase occurs only by excitation in the vacuum UV region, at \ = 120 to 167 nm. The reaction steps involved have been represented by
CO2 + hv CO + 0 ( ‘D)
(1)
(3)
where X is either the vessel wall, or some third body. The quantum yield of the overall reaction.
