Photo & Electro Catalysis for Sutainable Fuel Production

The massive combustion and utilization of fossil fuels has caused environmental pollution and global warming. In order to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality, we need to increase the development and utilization of clean and renewable energy. Using solar energy or renewable electricity to convert small molecules such as water and carbon dioxide into green fuels and chemicals through photo/electrocatalysis can replace fossil fuels and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. At the same time, solar energy and renewable electric energy can be stored to solve their intermittency and regional issues, which has important scientific research value and application prospects. In this talk, I will briefly introduce the background and significance of photo/electrocatalytic synthesis of fuels and chemicals, and report some research progress we have made in the past few years in water splitting and CO₂ reduction for sustainable fuel production.