TY - JOUR
T1 - Engineering Cocatalysts onto Low-Dimensional Photocatalysts for CO2 Reduction
AU - Di, Jun
AU - Lin, Bo
AU - Tang, Bijun
AU - Guo, Shasha
AU - Zhou, Jiadong
AU - Liu, Zheng
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Wiley-VCH GmbH.
PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - Low-dimensional semiconductors are regarded as alternative architectures to achieve high-efficiency photocatalytic CO2 reduction activity due to the unique structural and electronic properties. However, the catalytic efficiency is still limited by two factors, namely, poor surface charge separation efficiency and lack of surface-active sites for CO2 reduction. Herein, the state-of-the-art progress of cocatalysts engineering is reviewed to ameliorate these issues, to acquire outstanding behavior. The fundamentals of cocatalysts for CO2 photoreduction along with some noteworthy points are presented. The strategies of engineering cocatalysts for performance optimization are summarized with the emphasis on structure–performance correlations, such as component engineering, phase engineering, facet engineering, size engineering, single-atom engineering, crystallinity engineering, defect engineering, strain engineering, and interface engineering. Finally, this review is ended with an outlook on unsolved issues and perspectives over cocatalysts modified low-dimensional photocatalysts.
AB - Low-dimensional semiconductors are regarded as alternative architectures to achieve high-efficiency photocatalytic CO2 reduction activity due to the unique structural and electronic properties. However, the catalytic efficiency is still limited by two factors, namely, poor surface charge separation efficiency and lack of surface-active sites for CO2 reduction. Herein, the state-of-the-art progress of cocatalysts engineering is reviewed to ameliorate these issues, to acquire outstanding behavior. The fundamentals of cocatalysts for CO2 photoreduction along with some noteworthy points are presented. The strategies of engineering cocatalysts for performance optimization are summarized with the emphasis on structure–performance correlations, such as component engineering, phase engineering, facet engineering, size engineering, single-atom engineering, crystallinity engineering, defect engineering, strain engineering, and interface engineering. Finally, this review is ended with an outlook on unsolved issues and perspectives over cocatalysts modified low-dimensional photocatalysts.
KW - CO reduction
KW - cocatalysts
KW - low-dimensional photocatalytics
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U2 - 10.1002/sstr.202100046
DO - 10.1002/sstr.202100046
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85173471452
SN - 2688-4062
VL - 2
JO - Small Structures
JF - Small Structures
IS - 10
M1 - 2100046
ER -