Photocatalytic N2 reduction has emerged as one of the most attractive routes to produce NH3 as a useful commodity for chemicals used in industries and as a carbon-free energy source. Recently, significant progress has been made in understanding, exploring, and designing efficient photocatalyst. In this review, we outline the important mechanistic and experimental procedures for photocatalytic NH3 production. In addition, we review effective strategies on development of photocatalysts. Finally, our analyses on the characteristics and modifications of photocatalysts have been summarized, based on which we discuss the possible future research directions, particularly on preparing more efficient catalysts. Overall, this review provides insights on improving photocatalytic NH3 production and designing solar-driven chemical conversions.

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水和氮气制氨光催化剂的合理设计

光催化 N2 还原已成为生产 NH3 作为工业化学品的有用商品和无碳能源的最有吸引力的途径之一。最近，在理解、探索和设计高效光催化剂方面取得了重大进展。在这篇综述中，我们概述了光催化 NH3 生产的重要机制和实验程序。此外，我们回顾了开发光催化剂的有效策略。最后，我们总结了我们对光催化剂的特性和改性的分析，在此基础上我们讨论了未来可能的研究方向，特别是在制备更有效的催化剂方面。总体而言，该综述提供了关于改善光催化 NH3 生产和设计太阳能驱动化学转化的见解。