Thermochemical and Photochemical/Photoelectrochemical Conversion Process of CO2 Conversion

In Chapter 4, a series of conversion approaches for photoelectric catalytic reduction of CO₂ are introduced in detail. The key target in this field is to rationally design a photoelectric catalyst with high efficiency and high selectivity by combining photocatalytic and electrocatalytic techniques. Thus, more attentions should be focused on fundamental research like the mechanisms of photo-electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction, the specific collaborative effect mechanisms as well as the reaction device structures. It is essential to increase further understanding and design different reaction routes for CO₂ photocatalytic reduction in different reaction media in this field, which will give direction to the search for high-efficient and high-selective CO₂ conversions.