Cocatalysts in Semiconductor‐based Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction: Achievements, Challenges, and Opportunities

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 30; no. 7
• Main Authors: Ran, Jingrun, Jaroniec, Mietek, Qiao, Shi‐Zhang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 15.02.2018
• Subjects: Carbon dioxide; Catalytic converters; Charge transfer; CO2 reduction; cocatalysts; Conversion; Electromagnetic absorption; Energy policy; Fuel combustion; Hydrocarbon fuels; Materials science; Oxidation; Photocatalysis; semiconductors; Separation; Solar energy; solar fuels

Ever‐increasing fossil‐fuel combustion along with massive CO2 emissions has aroused a global energy crisis and climate change. Photocatalytic CO2 reduction represents a promising strategy for clean, cost‐effective, and environmentally friendly conversion of CO2 into hydrocarbon fuels by utilizing so...