Issue 35, 2024

Recent advances of metal active sites in photocatalytic CO2 reduction

Abstract

Photocatalytic CO2 reduction captures solar energy to convert CO2 into hydrocarbon fuels, thus shifting the dependence on rapidly depleting fossil fuels. Among the various proposed photocatalysts, systems containing metal active sites (MASs) possess obvious advantages, such as effective photogenerated carrier separation, suitable adsorption and activation of intermediates, and achievable C–C coupling to generate multi-carbon (C2+) products. The present review aims to summarize the typical photocatalytic materials with MAS, highlighting the critical role of different formulations of MAS in CO2 photoreduction, especially for C2+ product generation. State-of-the-art progress in the characterization and theoretical calculations for MAS-containing photocatalysts is also emphasized. Finally, the challenges and prospects of catalytic systems involving MAS for solar-driven CO2 conversion are outlined, providing inspiration for the future design of materials for efficient photocatalytic energy conversion.

Graphical abstract: Recent advances of metal active sites in photocatalytic CO2 reduction

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
25 3 2024
Accepted
22 7 2024
First published
15 8 2024
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2024,15, 14081-14103

Recent advances of metal active sites in photocatalytic CO2 reduction

W. Gao, H. Li, J. Hu, Y. Yang, Y. Xiong, J. Ye, Z. Zou and Y. Zhou, Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 14081 DOI: 10.1039/D4SC01978D

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