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The increasing energy crisis and the worsening global climate caused by the excessive utilization of fossil fuel have boosted tremendous research activities about CO2 capture, storage and utilization. Artificial photosynthesis that uses solar light energy to convert CO2 to form value-added and renewable fuels such as methane or methanol has been consistently drawing increasing attention. It is like killing two birds with one stone since it can not only reduce the greenhouse effects caused by CO2 emission but also produce value added chemicals for alternative energy supplying. This review provides a brief introduction about the basic principles of artificial photosynthesis of CO2 and the progress made in exploring more efficient photocatalysts from the viewpoint of light harvesting and photogenerated charge carriers boosting. Moreover, the undergoing mechanisms of CO2 photoreduction are discussed with selected examples, in terms of adsorption of reactants, CO2 activation as well as the possible reaction pathways. Finally, perspectives on future research directions and open issues in CO2 photoreduction are outlined. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
ISSN： 0169-4332
Year： 2015
Volume： 342
Page： 154-167
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ESI Discipline： MATERIALS SCIENCE;
ESI HC Threshold：335
JCR Journal Grade：1
CAS Journal Grade：2
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WoS CC Cited Count： 366
SCOPUS Cited Count： 393
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List： 44 Unfold All
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