Perovskites-like composites for CO2 photoreduction into hydrocarbon fuels

Exploration of unusual functional materials is a significant direction in clean and renewable energy research. Due to unique structural and high-material stability, as well as their compositional flexibility, perovskites-like composites and their derivatives have recently been widely investigated as a class of adaptable materials for the use in photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Despite its excellent properties in material structure, a single perovskite still has its drawbacks, such as lack of active sites, low stability in catalysis, and weak charge carrier extraction. Therefore, the research society is trying to resolve the existing drawbacks of a single perovskite by forming composites with 0D/2D/3D materials, COFs, and other Z-scheme systems, etc. This review has provided an effective guidance for the design and fabrication of excellent perovskites-like composite catalysts with high catalytic performance, enhanced selectivity, and durable stability.

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Exploration of unusual functional materials such as perovskites-like composites and their derivatives for photocatalytic CO2 reduction is a key direction in clean and renewable energy research. While single perovskite materials have excellent properties, they also have drawbacks like lack of active sites, low stability in catalysis, and weak charge carrier extraction. By forming composites with different materials and systems, researchers are working on addressing these drawbacks to design and fabricate high-performance, selective, and stable perovskites-like composite catalysts.