物理化学学报ActaPhys.-Chim.Sin.2023,39(11),2212042(1of27)Received:December27,2022;Revised:February16,2023;Accepted:February16,2023;Publishedonline:March2,2023.*Correspondingauthors.Emails:fangfan1990@nuaa.edu.cn(F.F.);changkun@nuaa.edu.cn(K.C.);Tel.:+86-13611576864(F.F.);+86-13222770156(K.C.).TheprojectwassupportedbytheNationalNaturalScienceFoundationofChina(51888103),theNaturalScienceFoundationofJiangsuProvince,China(BK20210308),thePostdoctoralScienceFoundationofChina(2021M701695),theFundamentalResearchFundsfortheCentralUniversities,China(NE2019103)andthePostgraduateResearch&PracticeInnovationProgramofJiangsuProvince,China(SJCX21_0097).国家自然科学基金(51888103)，江苏省自然科学基金(BK20210308)，中国博士后科学基金(2021M701695)，中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金(NE2019103)，江苏省研究生科研实践创新计划(SJCX21_0097)资助项目©EditorialofficeofActaPhysico-ChimicaSinica[Review]doi:10.3866/PKU.WHXB202212042www.whxb.pku.edu.cnMetalOxideSemiconductorsforPhotothermalCatalyticCO2HydrogenationReactions:RecentProgressandPerspectivesYutongWan,FanFang*,RuixueSun,JieZhang,KunChang*CollegeofMaterialsScienceandTechnology,NanjingUniversityofAeronauticsandAstronautics,Nanjing210016,China.Abstract:Owingtotheacceleratedgrowthofthehumaneconomyandsociety,theincreasingconcentrationofCO2intheatmospherehascausedseriousecologicalandenvironmentalproblemsbecauseofthegreenhouseeffect.Inresponsetothechallengesposedbyclimatechange,Chinahasmadeasignificantcommitmentto“peakcarbonemissionsby2030andachievecarbonneutralityby2060”.Ideally,convertingCO2intocarbon-basedenergyandchemicalsissupposedtobethebeststrategyofbothworlds,mitigatingthegreenhouseeffectwhilealsoaddressingtheshortageofenergysupply.Amongtheproposedconceptsfortheabovestrategy,theschemeofreducingCO2usingrenewablegreenH2toproducechemicalsispreferred,becauseitcanstimulatethepotentialofcleanenergywhilealsoreducingCO2emission.Toacceleratethisreductionprocess,manycatalyticreactions,includingphotocatalysis,havebeendesignedandinvestigated.Owin...
