Producing chemical fuels from sunlight enables a
sustainable way for energy consumption. Among various solar fuel generation
approaches, photocatalytic CO
2 reduction has the advantages of
simple structure, mild reaction condition, directly reducing carbon emissions,
etc. However, most of the current photocatalytic systems can only absorb the
UV-visible spectrum of solar light. Therefore, finding a way to utilize
infrared light in the photocatalytic system has attracted more and more attention.
Here, a Z-scheme In
2S
3-TiO
2 was constructed
for CO
2 reduction under concentrated natural sunlight. The infrared
light was used to create a high-temperature environment for photocatalytic
reactions. The evolution rates of H
2, CO, and C
2H
5OH
reached 262.2, 73.9, and 27.56 µmol·h
-1·g
-1,
respectively, with an overall solar to fuels efficiency of 0.002%. This work
provides a composite photocatalyst towards the utilization of full solar light
spectrum, and could promote the research on photocatalytic CO
2 reduction.