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TiO2 is a widely used semiconductor photocatalyst, which has excellent catalytic activity, excellent chemical stability and low toxicity. Nevertheless, TiO2 still has some inherent limitations, such as: wide band gap, high carrier recombination rate, and low adsorption activation ability for carbon dioxide. These drawbacks severely restrict its further application in the photocatalytic reduction of CO2. In this study, cotton-like blue C\/TiO2 NTs are successfully synthesized through the in situ growth of TiO2 nanotubes on the MIL-125(Ti)-derived C\/TiO2 precursor. The experimental results revealed that the CO production rate of the cotton-like blue C\/TiO2 NTs was 1.84 times that of C\/TiO2 and 3.78 times that of TiO2 nanotubes. These results clearly demonstrate that the cotton-like blue C\/TiO2 NTs exhibit a broad spectral response, a large specific surface area, and an abundance of oxygen vacancies. 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