Journal
ACS CATALYSIS
Volume 4, Issue 12, Pages 4254-4260Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/cs501169t
Keywords
photocatalytic CO2 reduction; visible light; metal-organic frameworks; coordination unsaturated sites; dual excitation pathway
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- NSFC [21273035]
- 973 Programs [2014CB239303]
- Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education [20123514110002]
- Award Program for Minjiang Scholar Professorship
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The utilization of solar energy for the conversion of CO2 into valuable organic products is one of the best solutions to solve the problems of global warming and energy shortage. The development of photocatalysts capable of reducing CO2 under visible light, especially those containing earth-abundant metals, is significant. Herein we report that a series of earth-abundant Fe-containing MOFs (MIL-101(Fe), MIL-53(Fe), MIL-88B(Fe)) show photocatalytic activity for CO2 reduction to give formate under visible light irradiation. The direct excitation of the Fe-O clusters in these MOFs induces the electron transfer from O2- to Fe3+ to form Fe2+, which is responsible for the photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Among the three investigated Fe-based MOFs, MIL-101(Fe) showed the best activity due to the existence of the coordination unsaturated Fe sites in its structure. All three amine-functionalized Fe-containing MOFs (NH2-MIL-101(Fe), NH2-MIL-53(Fe) and NH2-MIL-88B(Fe)) showed enhanced photocatalytic activity in comparison to the unfunctionalized MOF, due to the existence of dual excitation pathways: i.e., excitation of an NH2 functionality followed by an electron transfer to the Fe center in addition to the direct excitation of Fe-O clusters.
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