Progress and Prospect of Photothermal Catalysis

摘要

Recently,solar-driven synthesis due to its energy-saving and environmentally friendly advantages has attracted more and more attention,whereas the low solar-to-chemical conversion efficiency significantly hindered its development.New effective options that fully utilize full-band sunlight are urgently needed.Novel photothermal catalysis combined with the advantages of photocatalysis and thermalcatalysis can improve the utilization efficiency of solar energy and lower the reaction temperature,thus becoming a promising technology.This review divides photothermal catalysis into photo-assisted thermalcatalysis,thermal-assisted photocatalysis,and photothermal synergistic catalysis.Furthermore,the catalytic mechanical understanding of how photothermal affects the catalytic property of different applications(e.g.,water splitting,CO_(2)/N_(2) reduction,and environmental treatment)was also summed up and discussed in detail.The discussion ends with unsolved challenges in photothermal catalysis,particularly emphasizing the effect of temperature or sunlight on catalytic performance.