The invention belongs to the technical field of
new materials and application thereof and non-
metallic materials, and particularly relates to a preparation method and application of a photo-thermal thermoelectric catalyst based on a thermoelectric material. The photo-thermoelectric catalyst provided by the invention adopts a
semiconductor thermoelectric material as a substrate, can effectively absorb light of a specific waveband to generate photo-generated
electron hole pairs, and separates photo-generated carriers by utilizing a Seebeck effect caused by a
temperature gradient generated by a solar photo-
thermal effect. According to the photo-thermal thermoelectric catalyst disclosed by the invention, multiple effective utilization of
solar energy resources is realized by utilizing a photo-thermal
temperature gradient generated by the Seebeck effect. In addition, the photo-thermal electric effect can further improve the catalytic
reaction rate by functionalizing the substrate material except for the
surface chemical category, and can be applied to various reaction processes such as
carbon dioxide reduction and the like. According to the catalyst,
solar energy resources are fully utilized, and a thermoelectric material substrate is utilized to fuse basic processes of
photochemistry and thermoelectricity
physics, so that a novel, green and efficient reaction process is realized.