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The complete photochemical reduction of CO2 depends on several factors related to the catalyst–electrolyte interface that need to work synergistically to form the desired products; they can be listed as (i) the existence of CO2 molecules to be reduced and H2O molecules (or another organic molecule) to be oxidized and provide protons, (ii) an effective catalyst to provide reductive electrons (e) and oxidative holes (h+) to the system, (iii) available reaction sites on the catalysts to promote dehydrogenation of H2O molecules (or another organic molecule) and hydrogenation of CO2 molecules, (iv) an effective photoexcitation of the catalyst to generate electron–hole (e/h+) charges, (v) the bulk, as well as (vi) surface charge separation, and (vii) interfacial catalytic reactions (CO2 reduction and generation of protons).1,2  The challenge in photochemical catalysis is to control those multiple features with a low recombination rate of the e/h+ pairs, high Faradaic efficiency, and selectivity towards one target product, resulting in meaningful CO2 reduction yields.

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