Abstract
In recent years, with global climate change, the utilization of carbon dioxide as a resource has become an important goal of human society to achieve carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. Among them, the catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to generate renewable fuels has received great attention. As one of these methods, photocatalysis has its unique properties and mechanism, which can only rely on sunlight without inputting other energy. It is an emerging discipline with great development prospects. The core of photocatalysis lies in the development of photocatalysts with high activity, high selectivity, low cost, and high durability. This review first introduces the background and mechanism of photocatalysis, then introduces various types of photocatalysts based on different substrates, and analyzes the methods and mechanisms to improve the activity and selectivity of photocatalysts. Finally, combining the plasmon effect with photocatalysis, the review analyzes the promoting effect of the plasmon effect on the photocatalytic carbon dioxide synthesis of renewable fuels, which provides a new idea for it.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52076134, 51676127, 51436005, and 51176118), the National Key Research and Development Plan (2016YFC0205200, 2016YFC0208000, and 2017YFB0103501), the National Engineering Laboratory for Mobile Source Emission Control Technology (NELMS2017A07), the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Young Scientists (51306115), the Low Speed Marine Engine Project (CDGC01-KT1203), and the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars of State Education Ministry.
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Chen, Y., Guan, B., Wu, X. et al. Research status, challenges and future prospects of renewable synthetic fuel catalysts for CO2 photocatalytic reduction conversion. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 11246–11271 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-24686-y
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