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:10.1038/s41467-018-05659-7

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

Affiliations

Zhi-Hao Yan: Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Ming-Hao Du: Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Junxue Liu: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shengye Jin: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Cheng Wang: Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Gui-Lin Zhuang: College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology
Xiang-Jian Kong: Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
La-Sheng Long: Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Lan-Sun Zheng: Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University

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.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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