IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/natcom/v16y2025i1d10.1038_s41467-024-55753-2.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Floatable artificial leaf to couple oxygen-tolerant CO2 conversion with water purification

Author

Listed:
  • Zhiyong Zhang

    (Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yang Wang

    (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yangen Xie

    (Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Toru Tsukamoto

    (Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Qi Zhao

    (Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Qing Huang

    (Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xingmiao Huang

    (Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Boyang Zhang

    (Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Wenjing Song

    (Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Chuncheng Chen

    (Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Hua Sheng

    (Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jincai Zhao

    (Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

To enable open environment application of artificial photosynthesis, the direct utilization of environmental CO2 via an oxygen-tolerant reductive procedure is necessary. Herein, we introduce an in situ growth strategy for fabricating two-dimensional heterojunctions between indium porphyrin metal-organic framework (In-MOF) and single-layer graphene oxide (GO). Upon illumination, the In-MOF/GO heterostructure facilitates a tandem CO2 capture and photocatalytic reduction on its hydroxylated In-node, prioritizing the reduction of dilute CO2 even in the presence of air-level O2. The In-MOF/GO heterostructure photocatalyst is integrated with a porous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membrane to construct a floatable artificial leaf. Through a triphase photocatalytic reaction, the floatable artificial leaf can remove aqueous contaminants from real water while efficiently reducing CO2 at low concentrations (10%, approximately the CO2 concentration in combustion flue gases) upon air-level O2. This study provides a scalable approach for the construction of photocatalytic devices for CO2 conversion in open environments.

Suggested Citation

  • Zhiyong Zhang & Yang Wang & Yangen Xie & Toru Tsukamoto & Qi Zhao & Qing Huang & Xingmiao Huang & Boyang Zhang & Wenjing Song & Chuncheng Chen & Hua Sheng & Jincai Zhao, 2025. "Floatable artificial leaf to couple oxygen-tolerant CO2 conversion with water purification," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 16(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:16:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-55753-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55753-2
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-55753-2
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/s41467-024-55753-2?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Yajuan Ma & Xiaoxuan Yi & Shaolei Wang & Tao Li & Bien Tan & Chuncheng Chen & Tetsuro Majima & Eric R. Waclawik & Huaiyong Zhu & Jingyu Wang, 2022. "Selective photocatalytic CO2 reduction in aerobic environment by microporous Pd-porphyrin-based polymers coated hollow TiO2," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
    2. Kang-Qiang Lu & Yue-Hua Li & Fan Zhang & Ming-Yu Qi & Xue Chen & Zi-Rong Tang & Yoichi M. A. Yamada & Masakazu Anpo & Marco Conte & Yi-Jun Xu, 2020. "Rationally designed transition metal hydroxide nanosheet arrays on graphene for artificial CO2 reduction," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-9, December.
    3. Shengyao Wang & Xiao Hai & Xing Ding & Shangbin Jin & Yonggang Xiang & Pei Wang & Bo Jiang & Fumihiko Ichihara & Mitsutake Oshikiri & Xianguang Meng & Yunxiang Li & Wakana Matsuda & Jun Ma & Shu Seki , 2020. "Intermolecular cascaded π-conjugation channels for electron delivery powering CO2 photoreduction," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-9, December.
    4. Zhuo Jiang & Xiaohui Xu & Yanhang Ma & Hae Sung Cho & Deng Ding & Chao Wang & Jie Wu & Peter Oleynikov & Mei Jia & Jun Cheng & Yi Zhou & Osamu Terasaki & Tianyou Peng & Ling Zan & Hexiang Deng, 2020. "Filling metal–organic framework mesopores with TiO2 for CO2 photoreduction," Nature, Nature, vol. 586(7830), pages 549-554, October.
    5. Virgil Andrei & Geani M. Ucoski & Chanon Pornrungroj & Chawit Uswachoke & Qian Wang & Demetra S. Achilleos & Hatice Kasap & Katarzyna P. Sokol & Robert A. Jagt & Haijiao Lu & Takashi Lawson & Andreas , 2022. "Floating perovskite-BiVO4 devices for scalable solar fuel production," Nature, Nature, vol. 608(7923), pages 518-522, August.
    6. Jörg Schwender & Fernando Goffman & John B. Ohlrogge & Yair Shachar-Hill, 2004. "Rubisco without the Calvin cycle improves the carbon efficiency of developing green seeds," Nature, Nature, vol. 432(7018), pages 779-782, December.
    7. Feiyan Xu & Kai Meng & Bei Cheng & Shengyao Wang & Jingsan Xu & Jiaguo Yu, 2020. "Unique S-scheme heterojunctions in self-assembled TiO2/CsPbBr3 hybrids for CO2 photoreduction," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-9, December.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Yajuan Ma & Xiaoxuan Yi & Shaolei Wang & Tao Li & Bien Tan & Chuncheng Chen & Tetsuro Majima & Eric R. Waclawik & Huaiyong Zhu & Jingyu Wang, 2022. "Selective photocatalytic CO2 reduction in aerobic environment by microporous Pd-porphyrin-based polymers coated hollow TiO2," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
    2. 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.
    3. Xinfeng Chen & Chengdong Peng & Wenyan Dan & Long Yu & Yinan Wu & Honghan Fei, 2022. "Bromo- and iodo-bridged building units in metal-organic frameworks for enhanced carrier transport and CO2 photoreduction by water vapor," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-14, December.
    4. Jie Zhou & Jie Li & Liang Kan & Lei Zhang & Qing Huang & Yong Yan & Yifa Chen & Jiang Liu & Shun-Li Li & Ya-Qian Lan, 2022. "Linking oxidative and reductive clusters to prepare crystalline porous catalysts for photocatalytic CO2 reduction with H2O," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
    5. Sanchita Karmakar & Soumitra Barman & Faruk Ahamed Rahimi & Darsi Rambabu & Sukhendu Nath & Tapas Kumar Maji, 2023. "Confining charge-transfer complex in a metal-organic framework for photocatalytic CO2 reduction in water," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-13, December.
    6. Yihua Zhang & Guyang Peng & Shuankui Li & Haijun Wu & Kaidong Chen & Jiandong Wang & Zhihao Zhao & Tu Lyu & Yuan Yu & Chaohua Zhang & Yang Zhang & Chuansheng Ma & Shengwu Guo & Xiangdong Ding & Jun Su, 2024. "Phase interface engineering enables state-of-the-art half-Heusler thermoelectrics," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-12, December.
    7. Qitao Chen & Baodong Mao & Yanhong Liu & Yunjie Zhou & Hui Huang & Song Wang & Longhua Li & Wei-Cheng Yan & Weidong Shi & Zhenhui Kang, 2024. "Designing 2D carbon dot nanoreactors for alcohol oxidation coupled with hydrogen evolution," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-14, December.
    8. Xin Wang & Boyan Liu & Siqing Ma & Yingjuan Zhang & Lianzhou Wang & Gangqiang Zhu & Wei Huang & Songcan Wang, 2024. "Induced dipole moments in amorphous ZnCdS catalysts facilitate photocatalytic H2 evolution," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
    9. Austin M. K. Fehr & Ayush Agrawal & Faiz Mandani & Christian L. Conrad & Qi Jiang & So Yeon Park & Olivia Alley & Bor Li & Siraj Sidhik & Isaac Metcalf & Christopher Botello & James L. Young & Jacky E, 2023. "Integrated halide perovskite photoelectrochemical cells with solar-driven water-splitting efficiency of 20.8%," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.
    10. Xianjin Shi & Wei Peng & Yu Huang & Chao Gao & Yiman Fu & Zhenyu Wang & Leting Yang & Zixuan Zhu & Junji Cao & Fei Rao & Gangqiang Zhu & Shuncheng Lee & Yujie Xiong, 2024. "Integrable utilization of intermittent sunlight and residual heat for on-demand CO2 conversion with water," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, December.
    11. Yuan-Sheng Xia & Meizhong Tang & Lei Zhang & Jiang Liu & Cheng Jiang & Guang-Kuo Gao & Long-Zhang Dong & Lan-Gui Xie & Ya-Qian Lan, 2022. "Tandem utilization of CO2 photoreduction products for the carbonylation of aryl iodides," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-12, December.
    12. Biswas, Neeraj Kumar & Srivastav, Anupam & Saxena, Sakshi & Verma, Anuradha & Dutta, Runjhun & Srivastava, Manju & Upadhyay, Sumant & Satsangi, Vibha Rani & Shrivastav, Rohit & Dass, Sahab, 2023. "Temperature of photoanode for photoelectrochemical water oxidation," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 208(C), pages 504-511.
    13. Rui-Ting Gao & Jiangwei Zhang & Tomohiko Nakajima & Jinlu He & Xianhu Liu & Xueyuan Zhang & Lei Wang & Limin Wu, 2023. "Single-atomic-site platinum steers photogenerated charge carrier lifetime of hematite nanoflakes for photoelectrochemical water splitting," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.
    14. Hao Ling & Huacong Sun & Lisha Lu & Jingkun Zhang & Lei Liao & Jianlin Wang & Xiaowei Zhang & Yingying Lan & Renjie Li & Wengang Lu & Lejuan Cai & Xuedong Bai & Wenlong Wang, 2024. "Sustainable photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production over octonary high-entropy oxide," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-15, December.
    15. Jin Ming Wang & Qin Yao Zhu & Jeong Heon Lee & Tae Gyun Woo & Yue Xing Zhang & Woo-Dong Jang & Tae Kyu Kim, 2023. "Asymmetric gradient orbital interaction of hetero-diatomic active sites for promoting C − C coupling," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-13, December.
    16. Ya Wang & Jian-Xin Wei & Hong-Liang Tang & Lu-Hua Shao & Long-Zhang Dong & Xiao-Yu Chu & Yan-Xia Jiang & Gui-Ling Zhang & Feng-Ming Zhang & Ya-Qian Lan, 2024. "Artificial photosynthetic system for diluted CO2 reduction in gas-solid phase," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-13, December.
    17. Yuyan Huang & Minhui Shen & Huijie Yan & Yingge He & Jianqiao Xu & Fang Zhu & Xin Yang & Yu-Xin Ye & Gangfeng Ouyang, 2024. "Achieving a solar-to-chemical efficiency of 3.6% in ambient conditions by inhibiting interlayer charges transport," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-15, December.
    18. Hui Li & Caikun Cheng & Zhijie Yang & Jingjing Wei, 2022. "Encapsulated CdSe/CdS nanorods in double-shelled porous nanocomposites for efficient photocatalytic CO2 reduction," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.
    19. Tian, Di & Qu, Zhiguo & Zhang, Jianfei, 2023. "Electrochemical condition optimization and techno-economic analysis on the direct CO2 electroreduction of flue gas," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 351(C).
    20. Swapnali Walake & Yogesh Jadhav & Atul Kulkarni, 2023. "Novel Spinel Nanomaterials for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reactions: An Overview," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(12), pages 1-13, June.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:16:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-55753-2. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.