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Direct photocatalytic reduction of CO 2 has become a wide field of research. It is thus of utmost importance to maintain an overview of the various materials used to sustain this process, find common trends, and in this way eventually improve the current conversion and selectivity yields. In particular, CO 2 photoreduction using plasmonic photocatalysts under solar light has gained tremendous attention, and a wide variety of materials has been developed to reduce CO 2 towards more practical gases or liquid fuels (CH 4 , CO, methanol/ethanol) in this manner. This review therefore aims at providing insights in current developments of photocatalysts consisting of only plasmonic nanoparticles and semiconductor materials. By classifying recent studies based on product selectivity, this review aims to unravel common trends that can provide effective information on ways to improve the photoreduction yield or possible means to shift the selectivity towards desired products, thus generating new ideas for the way forward.