Abstract
The surface microstructure can be influenced by surface environment,weak adsorption,and bonding interactions,leading to the changes of surface electronic states and the configuration of active sites,which affects the mass-energy transfer pathway.The interaction between multiple species on the surface of light-absorbing materials directly impacts the performance of photothermal catalytic process.Based on this,we present the latest perspectives on photothermal CO2 capture and conversion,which focus on(1)the mechanism of functional group-assisted photothermal process,(2)the effects of functional group species,configurations,spatial positions,and surface interactions on photothermal catalytic reactions,and(3)the interaction between substrates and functional groups.Finally,an insightful perspective is drawn in the last section.