Fullerene–porphyrin nanosheets as an efficient catalyst enable solar-light-driven ammonia synthesis

Tao Wang; Yupeng Song; Chong Wang; Hongyi Wang; Youpeng Zhang; Ying Jiang; Tianyang Dong; Bo Wu; Chunru Wang

doi:10.1039/D5CC06441D

Fullerene–porphyrin nanosheets as an efficient catalyst enable solar-light-driven ammonia synthesis

Tao Wang,^ab Yupeng Song,

^bc Chong Wang,^ab Hongyi Wang,^d Youpeng Zhang,^e Ying Jiang,^ab Tianyang Dong,^ab Bo Wu*^abf and Chunru Wang

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^a Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
E-mail: zkywubo@iccas.ac.cn, crwang@iccas.ac.cn

^b University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

^c Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

^d Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

^e Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education for Geological Carbon Storage and Low Carbon Utilization of Resources, Beijing Key Laboratory of Materials Utilization of Nonmetallic Minerals and Solid Wastes, National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, China

^f Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

^g College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Chifeng University, Chifeng, China

Abstract

Photocatalytic nitrogen fixation is an excellent route for the utilization of clean energy. We have designed a SA–CoTPP–C₆₀ nanosheet with efficient charge separation and transmission properties in solar irradiation. Notably, the production rate of NH₃ is 285 µmol g⁻¹ h⁻¹ (AM 1.5) only in H₂O. It is of great importance in developing new types of photocatalytic N₂ fixation materials.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC06441D
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 13 Nov 2025
Accepted: 05 Dec 2025
First published: 09 Dec 2025

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T. Wang, Y. Song, C. Wang, H. Wang, Y. Zhang, Y. Jiang, T. Dong, B. Wu and C. Wang, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC06441D

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