A local hydrophobic environment in a metal–organic framework for boosting photocatalytic CO2 reduction in the presence of water

Ning-Yu Huang; Xue-Wen Zhang; Yu-Zhi Xu; Pei-Qin Liao; Xiao-Ming Chen

doi:10.1039/C9CC08094E

A local hydrophobic environment in a metal–organic framework for boosting photocatalytic CO₂ reduction in the presence of water†

Ning-Yu Huang,^a Xue-Wen Zhang,^a Yu-Zhi Xu,^a Pei-Qin Liao

*^a and Xiao-Ming Chen

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^a MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
E-mail: liaopq3@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Abstract

The methylene groups surrounding the metal center in a metal–organic framework provide hydrophobic repulsive forces to H₂O, resulting in a high catalytic activity (TOF = 73.8 h⁻¹, selectivity of 96%) for photodriven CO₂ reduction into CO.

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The article was received on 15 Oct 2019, accepted on 15 Nov 2019 and first published on 15 Nov 2019

Article type: Communication

DOI: 10.1039/C9CC08094E

Citation: Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 14781-14784

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A local hydrophobic environment in a metal–organic framework for boosting photocatalytic CO₂ reduction in the presence of water

N. Huang, X. Zhang, Y. Xu, P. Liao and X. Chen, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 14781
DOI: 10.1039/C9CC08094E
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A local hydrophobic environment in a metal–organic framework for boosting photocatalytic CO₂ reduction in the presence of water†

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