Synergistic photo/electrocatalysis for energy conversion and storage

Photo/electrocatalysis (photocatalysis synergizing with electrocatalysis) has been a new research hotspot for energy conversion and storage. The insightful understanding on synergistic effects is very important for designing high-performance catalysts to address the key issues on sluggish reaction kinetics and induced large-voltage hysteresis of metal-air batteries. This paper has previewed the latest representative finding of photo/electrocatalytic coupling reactions on energy conversion and storage, especially for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), in order to reveal the design principles and enhancement mechanism of catalysts as cathode.