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Molecular catalyst coordinatively bonded to organic semiconductors for selective light-driven CO2 reduction in water

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  • Jia-Wei Wang

    (and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai)
    Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST))

  • Fengyi Zhao

    (Emory University)

  • Lucia Velasco

    (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC))

  • Maxime Sauvan

    (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC))

  • Dooshaye Moonshiram

    (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC))

  • Martina Salati

    (Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST))

  • Zhi-Mei Luo

    (Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST))

  • Sheng He

    (Emory University)

  • Tao Jin

    (Emory University)

  • Yan-Fei Mu

    (Tianjin University of Technology)

  • Mehmed Z. Ertem

    (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

  • Tianquan Lian

    (Emory University)

  • Antoni Llobet

    (Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)
    Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Abstract

The selective photoreduction of CO2 in aqueous media based on earth-abundant elements only, is today a challenging topic. Here we present the anchoring of discrete molecular catalysts on organic polymeric semiconductors via covalent bonding, generating molecular hybrid materials with well-defined active sites for CO2 photoreduction, exclusively to CO in purely aqueous media. The molecular catalysts are based on aryl substituted Co phthalocyanines that can be coordinated by dangling pyridyl attached to a polymeric covalent triazine framework that acts as a light absorber. This generates a molecular hybrid material that efficiently and selectively achieves the photoreduction of CO2 to CO in KHCO3 aqueous buffer, giving high yields in the range of 22 mmol g−1 (458 μmol g−1 h−1) and turnover numbers above 550 in 48 h, with no deactivation and no detectable H2. The electron transfer mechanism for the activation of the catalyst is proposed based on the combined results from time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy, in situ spectroscopies and quantum chemical calculations.

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  • 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.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-54026-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54026-2
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