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Facile electron delivery from graphene template to ultrathin metal-organic layers for boosting CO2 photoreduction

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  • Jia-Wei Wang

    (Tianjin University of Technology)

  • Li-Zhen Qiao

    (Tianjin University of Technology)

  • Hao-Dong Nie

    (Soochow University)

  • Hai-Hua Huang

    (Sun Yat-sen University)

  • Yi Li

    (Soochow University)

  • Shuang Yao

    (Tianjin University of Technology)

  • Meng Liu

    (Tianjin University of Technology)

  • Zhi-Ming Zhang

    (Tianjin University of Technology)

  • Zhen-Hui Kang

    (Soochow University
    Northeast Normal University)

  • Tong-Bu Lu

    (Tianjin University of Technology)

Abstract

Metal-organic layers with ordered structure and molecular tunability are of great potential as heterogeneous catalysts due to their readily accessible active sites. Herein, we demonstrate a facile template strategy to prepare metal-organic layers with a uniform thickness of three metal coordination layers (ca. 1.5 nm) with graphene oxide as both template and electron mediator. The resulting hybrid catalyst exhibits an excellent performance for CO2 photoreduction with a total CO yield of 3133 mmol g–1MOL (CO selectivity of 95%), ca. 34 times higher than that of bulky Co-based metal-organic framework. Systematic studies reveal that well-exposed active sites in metal-organic layers, and facile electron transfer between heterogeneous and homogeneous components mediated by graphene oxide, greatly contribute to its high activity. This work highlights a facile way for constructing ultrathin metal-organic layers and demonstrates charge transfer pathway between conductive template and catalyst for boosting photocatalysis.

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  • Jia-Wei Wang & Li-Zhen Qiao & Hao-Dong Nie & Hai-Hua Huang & Yi Li & Shuang Yao & Meng Liu & Zhi-Ming Zhang & Zhen-Hui Kang & Tong-Bu Lu, 2021. "Facile electron delivery from graphene template to ultrathin metal-organic layers for boosting CO2 photoreduction," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-9, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-21084-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21084-9
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    1. Shengyao Wang & Bo Jiang & Joel Henzie & Feiyan Xu & Chengyuan Liu & Xianguang Meng & Sirong Zou & Hui Song & Yang Pan & Hexing Li & Jiaguo Yu & Hao Chen & Jinhua Ye, 2023. "Designing reliable and accurate isotope-tracer experiments for CO2 photoreduction," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.
    2. Jia-Wei Wang & Fengyi Zhao & Lucia Velasco & Maxime Sauvan & Dooshaye Moonshiram & Martina Salati & Zhi-Mei Luo & Sheng He & Tao Jin & Yan-Fei Mu & Mehmed Z. Ertem & Tianquan Lian & Antoni Llobet, 2024. "Molecular catalyst coordinatively bonded to organic semiconductors for selective light-driven CO2 reduction in water," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-14, December.

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