Enhancing the durability of Au clusters in CO2 photoreduction via encapsulation in Cu-based metal-organic frameworks

Here, we report the encapsulation of Au-25 nanoclusters in a Cu-3(BTC)(2) metal-organic framework (Au-25@Cu-BTC), which can achieve CO2 photoreduction for selective CO production in a gas-solid reaction system at low-concentration CO2 atmospheres (even to 0.1%), with remarkably enhanced durability up to at least 48 h.

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In this study, Au-25 nanoclusters were encapsulated in a Cu-3(BTC)(2) metal-organic framework (Au-25@Cu-BTC), which enables CO2 photoreduction for selective CO production in low-concentration CO2 atmospheres (even down to 0.1%) with significantly improved durability for at least 48 hours.