Energy transfer on a two-dimensional antenna enhances the photocatalytic activity of CO2 reduction by metal-organic layers

Xuefu Hu; Peican Chen; Cankun Zhang; Zhiye Wang; Cheng Wang

doi:10.1039/c9cc04594e

Energy transfer on a two-dimensional antenna enhances the photocatalytic activity of CO₂ reduction by metal-organic layers

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Aug 21;55(65):9657-9660. doi: 10.1039/c9cc04594e. Epub 2019 Jul 25.

Authors

Xuefu Hu¹, Peican Chen¹, Cankun Zhang¹, Zhiye Wang¹, Cheng Wang¹

Affiliation

¹ iChem, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China. wangchengxmu@xmu.edu.cn.

PMID: 31342024
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc04594e

Abstract

Excited state energies on a two-dimensional light-harvesting metal-organic layer (MOL) are efficiently transported to Re- and Ir-based reaction centers for converting CO₂ to CO or HCOOH. Such energy transfer enhances the photocatalytic CO₂ reduction activity because it enables multiple photo-electron injections in a short time period in the photocatalysis.