Issue 3, 2018

Efficient nanomaterials for harvesting clean fuels from electrochemical and photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction

Abstract

The excessive utilization of fossil fuels accompanied by large amounts of anthropogenic CO2 emissions have led to adverse global environmental changes and a growing global energy crisis. Hence, converting CO2 into high-value chemical fuels, such as CO, CH4, HCOOH, and CH3OH, through catalysis is one of the most attractive topics in energy conversion. Among various approaches, electrochemical (EC) and photoelectrochemical (PEC) reduction are considered to be promising methods. Over the past decades, research in the area of CO2 EC and PEC reduction has been growing quickly. Herein, highly efficient nanostructured metals, metal alloys, metal oxides, metal-free electrodes, and photoelectrodes developed in recent years are discussed in detail in this review. Additionally, the strategies and mechanisms for improving the faradaic efficiency (FE), current density, and stability of catalysts are also discussed. The challenges and future perspectives for CO2 EC and PEC reduction are also discussed.

Graphical abstract: Efficient nanomaterials for harvesting clean fuels from electrochemical and photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
01 Aug 2017
Accepted
23 Nov 2017
First published
24 Nov 2017

Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018,2, 510-537

Efficient nanomaterials for harvesting clean fuels from electrochemical and photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction

Y. Yang, S. Ajmal, X. Zheng and L. Zhang, Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018, 2, 510 DOI: 10.1039/C7SE00371D

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