Oxide based Heterostructured Photocatalysts for CO2 Reduction and Hydrogen Generation

摘要

Global warming and its cause and effects have necessitated the researchers to look beyond fossil and its derivatives. The scalability of CO2 reduction and H-2 energy is one of the most enigmatic questions asked by the calamitous environmental changes happening across the world such as bushfires in Australia, Amazon and California or the melting of Arctic and Antarctic ice scalps. Thus, the research fraternity is keen to elevate the efficiency of CO2 reduction and H-2 energy to the extent that the good chemical livestock produced by CO2 conversion and H-2 fuel would become principal energy resources. In this quest, photocatalytic pathway envisions the environmentally benign protocol to bring about CO2 reduction and H-2 production. Photo-reduction of CO2 and H-2 generation via photocatalytic water splitting by utilizing oxide based heterostructured photocatalysts are the promising approaches to carry out CO2 mitigation and H-2 production efficiently ascribed to the advanced optoelectronic and structural superiority of oxides photocatalysts as discussed in this review.