Perovskite Oxide Based Materials for Energy and Environment-Oriented Photocatalysis

The use of solar energy to catalyze the photo-driven processes has attracted tremendous attention from the scientific community because of its great potential to address energy and environmental issues. In this regard, several attempts have been made by researchers to design and develop different materials with enhanced photocatalytic efficiencies. This Review comprehensively summarizes the recent reports on perovskite oxide based photocatalysts for organic pollutant degradation, water splitting, carbon dioxide conversion, and nitrogen fixation along with the basic understanding of involved mechanisms, current trends and advances in the field. The different design, synthesis, and development strategies have been discussed in detail to provide a comprehensive view of materials’ fabrication that influences their photocatalytic properties. Subsequently, the insights from recent reports on different perovskite oxide based materials, including simple oxides, mixed oxides, and layered perovskite oxides, are provided for the above-mentioned photocatalytic applications in a detailed manner. Finally, a summary of photocatalytic applications and a perspective on future research direction have been discussed. Based on the research progress in this field, it is highly anticipated that the photocatalytic systems, comprising perovskite oxide materials along with groundbreaking technologies for large-scale realization of these processes, can be established in the near future to address the energy and environment-oriented challenges.