Cocatalysts for Selective Photoreduction of CO 2 into Solar Fuels

Photoreduction of CO2 into sustainable and green solar fuels is generally believed to be an appealing solution to simultaneously overcome both environmental problems and energy crisis. The low selectivity of challenging multi-electron CO2 photoreduction reactions makes it one of the holy grails in heterogeneous photocatalysis. This Review highlights the important roles of cocatalysts in selective photocatalytic CO2 reduction into solar fuels using semiconductor catalysts. A special emphasis in this review is placed on the key role, design considerations and modification strategies of cocatalysts for CO2 photoreduction. Various cocatalysts, such as the biomimetic, metal-based, metal-free, and multifunctional…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: U1705251, 51320105001, 20906034, 21433007, 51672089
• MO
  Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China

  Award: 2013CB632402
• NS
  Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province

  Award: 2015CFA001
• DO
  Division of Materials Research

  Award: DMR-1609061