Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Photo-generated dinuclear {Eu(II)}2 active sites for selective CO2 reduction in a photosensitizing metal-organic framework

  • Zhi-Hao Yan,
  • Ming-Hao Du,
  • Junxue Liu,
  • Shengye Jin,
  • Cheng Wang,
  • Gui-Lin Zhuang,
  • Xiang-Jian Kong,
  • La-Sheng Long,
  • Lan-Sun Zheng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05659-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Solar-to-chemical CO2 reduction provides a means to use light’s energy for CO2 removal and upgrading to useful products, although this photochemical conversion is challenging. Here, authors construct a Europium-containing metal-organic framework that selectively converts CO2 to formate with light.