简介：Co-electrolysisofCO2andH2Ousinghigh-temperaturesolidoxideelectrolysiscells（SOECs）intovaluablechemicalshasattractedgreatattentionsrecentlyduetothehighconversionandenergyefficiency,whichprovidesopportunitiesofreducingCO2emission,mitigatingglobalwarmingandstoringintermittentrenewableenergies.AsingleSOECtypicallyconsistsofanionconductingelectrolyte,ananodeandacathodewheretheco-electrolysisreactiontakesplace.Thehighoperatingtemperatureanddifficultactivatedcarbon-oxygendouble-bondofCO2putforwardstrictrequirementsforSOECcathode.Greateffortsarebeingdevotedtodevelopsuitablecathodematerialswithhighcatalyticactivityandexcellentlong-termstabilityforCO2/H2Oelectro-reduction.Thesofarcathodematerialdevelopmentisthekeypointofthisreviewandalternativestrategiesofhigh-performancecathodematerialpreparationisproposed.UnderstandingthemechanismofCO2/H2Oelectro-reductionisbeneficialtohighlyactivecathodedesignandoptimization.Thusthepossiblereactionmechanismisalsodiscussed.Especially,amethodincombinationwithelectrochemicalimpedancespectroscopy（EIS）measurement,distributionfunctionsofrelaxationtimes（DRT）calculation,complexnonlinearleastsquare（CNLS）fittingandoperandoambientpressureX-rayphotoelectronspectroscopy（APXPS）characterizationisintroducedtocorrectlydisclosethereactionmechanismofCO2/H2Oco-electrolysis.Finally,differentreactionmodesoftheCO2/H2OcoelectrolysisinSOECsaresummarizedtooffernewstrategiestoenhancetheCO2conversion.Otherwise,developingSOECsoperatingat300-600°CcanintegratetheelectrochemicalreductionandtheFischer-TropschreactiontoconverttheCO2/H2Ointomorevaluablechemicals,whichwillbeanewresearchdirectioninthefuture.