Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

Isolated single atom cobalt in Bi3O4Br atomic layers to trigger efficient CO2 photoreduction

  • Jun Di,
  • Chao Chen,
  • Shi-Ze Yang,
  • Shuangming Chen,
  • Meilin Duan,
  • Jun Xiong,
  • Chao Zhu,
  • Ran Long,
  • Wei Hao,
  • Zhen Chi,
  • Hailong Chen,
  • Yu-Xiang Weng,
  • Jiexiang Xia,
  • Li Song,
  • Shuzhou Li,
  • Huaming Li,
  • Zheng Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10392-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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While the conversion of CO2 to high-value products provides a promising means to remove and utilize atmospheric carbon, few materials can do so without wasteful, sacrificial reagents. Here, authors prepare single-atom Co on Bi3O4Br nanosheets as CO2 reduction catalysts using water and light.