Recent Advances in Heterogeneous Photocatalytic CO 2 Conversion to Solar Fuels

As a promising approach to achieving two objectives with one strategy, photocatalytic CO2 conversion for C1/C2 "solar fuels" production can provide a package solution to the current global warming and growing energy demand by using inexhaustible solar energy and increasing atmospheric CO2. Although numerous efforts have been made to enhance the CO2 conversion efficiency through developing photocatalysts and CO2 reduction systems in recent years, some challenges still remain in improving the activity and selectivity of the CO2 photoreduction reactions. This review gives an overview of fundamental aspects and recent research advances of heterogeneous photocatalytic CO2 conversion systems in the last 3 years, and…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: 21271146, 20871096, 21573166, 20973128
• MO
  Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China

  Award: 2042014kf0228
• NS
  Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province

  Award: 2014CFA007
• NS
  Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province

  Award: SBK2015020824