Recent Progress on Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction with Earth-abundant Single-atom Reactive Sites

Photocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction represents a promising means of solar-fuel production through conversion of CO2 feedstock. Suitable reactive sites are crucially important for ensuring high efficiency and good selectivity of target products. The construction of single-atomic reactive sites with earth-abundant materials on the surface of semiconductor can provide an efficient and cost-effective route of photocatalytic reaction, demonstrating great potential for photocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction. Herein, we give a short review on the mechanism of photocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction, single-atom reactive sites and the constructing strategies, recent progress and future perspectives of single-atom reactive sites with earth-abundant materials for photocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction.

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Photocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction using single-atomic reactive sites with earth-abundant materials on the surface of semiconductor is a promising and cost-effective route. Suitable reactive sites are crucial for efficiency and selectivity of target products, which have great potential for photocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction.