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Recent advances in solar‐driven CO ₂ reduction over g‐C ₃ N ₄ ‐based photocatalysts

Quanlong Xu ^{1, 2}

Zhihua Xia ¹

Jingmei Zhang ²

Zhiyi Wei ²

Qin Guo ²

Huile Jin ¹

Hua Tang ³

Shouzhu Li ²

Xuecong Pan ²

Zhi Su ²

Shun Wang ¹

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College of Chemical and Material Engineering Wenzhou University Wenzhou People's Republic of China |

School of Energy and Chemical Engineering Xinjiang Institute of Technology Akesu People's Republic of China |

School of Environmental Science and Engineering Qingdao University Qingdao People's Republic of China |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2022-05-18

Wiley

Journal: Carbon Energy

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ISSN: 26379368, 26379368

DOI: 10.1002/cey2.205

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Materials Science (miscellaneous)

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Abstract

The persistent increase of CO2 levels in the atmosphere, already exceeding 400 ppm, urges the exploration of CO2 emission reduction and recycling technologies. Ideally, photocatalytic conversion of CO2 into valuable hydrocarbons realizes solar-to-chemical energy conversion, which is a desirable “kill two birds with one stone” strategy; namely, CO2 photoreduction can simultaneously tackle energy shortage and keep global carbon balance. Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) working on CO2 reduction reaction deserves a highlight not only for the metal-free feature that endows it with low cost, tunable electronic structure, and easy fabrication properties but also because of its strong reduction ability. The present review concisely summarizes the latest advances of g-C3N4-based photocatalysts toward CO2 reduction. It starts with the discussion of thermodynamics and dynamics aspects of the CO2 reduction process. Then the modification strategies to promote g-C3N4-based photocatalysts in CO2 photoreduction have been discussed in detail, including surface functionalization, molecule structure engineering, crystallization, morphology engineering, loading cocatalyst, and constructing heterojunction. Meanwhile, the intrinsic factors affecting CO2 reduction activity and selectivity are analyzed and summarized. In the end, the challenges and prospects for the future development of highly g-C3N4-based photocatalysts in CO2 reduction are also presented.

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Xu Q. et al. Recent advances in solar‐driven CO 2 reduction over g‐C 3 N 4 ‐based photocatalysts // Carbon Energy. 2022.

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Xu Q., Xia Z., Zhang J., Wei Z., Guo Q., Jin H., Tang H., Li S., Pan X., Su Z., Wang S. Recent advances in solar‐driven CO 2 reduction over g‐C 3 N 4 ‐based photocatalysts // Carbon Energy. 2022.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1002/cey2.205

UR - https://doi.org/10.1002/cey2.205

TI - Recent advances in solar‐driven CO 2 reduction over g‐C 3 N 4 ‐based photocatalysts

T2 - Carbon Energy

AU - Xia, Zhihua

AU - Zhang, Jingmei

AU - Wei, Zhiyi

AU - Guo, Qin

AU - Tang, Hua

AU - Li, Shouzhu

AU - Pan, Xuecong

AU - Su, Zhi

AU - Xu, Quanlong

AU - Jin, Huile

AU - Wang, Shun

PY - 2022

DA - 2022/05/18 00:00:00

PB - Wiley

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@article{2022_Xu,

author = {Zhihua Xia and Jingmei Zhang and Zhiyi Wei and Qin Guo and Hua Tang and Shouzhu Li and Xuecong Pan and Zhi Su and Quanlong Xu and Huile Jin and Shun Wang},

title = {Recent advances in solar‐driven CO 2 reduction over g‐C 3 N 4 ‐based photocatalysts},

journal = {Carbon Energy},

year = {2022},

publisher = {Wiley},

month = {may},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/cey2.205},

doi = {10.1002/cey2.205}

}

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