Photo-induced photo-thermal synergy effect leading to efficient CO2 cycloaddition with epoxide over a Fe-based metal organic framework

Honggang Zhang; Guangyao Zhai; Longfei Lei; Caiyun Zhang; Yuanyuan Liu; Zeyan Wang; Hefeng Cheng; Zhaoke Zheng; Peng Wang; Ying Dai; Baibiao Huang

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2022.05.146

Photo-induced photo-thermal synergy effect leading to efficient CO₂ cycloaddition with epoxide over a Fe-based metal organic framework

J Colloid Interface Sci. 2022 Nov:625:33-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.05.146. Epub 2022 May 28.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
² State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China. Electronic address: yyliu@sdu.edu.cn.
³ School of Physics, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China. Electronic address: bbhuang@sdu.edu.cn.

PMID: 35714406
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.05.146

Abstract

It is crucial to design and synthesize a catalyst that can catalyze the production of cyclic carbonates from CO₂ and epoxide under mild conditions. Herein, we successfully synthesized a two-dimensional metal organic framework FeTPyP, which displays an outstanding capability to catalyze the CO₂ cycloaddition reaction under light irradiation with a yield of styrene carbonate as high as 106.13 mmol/(g h). Characterizations suggests that the major reason is due to (1) the synergistic effect between photocatalysis and thermocatalysis and (2) ultraviolet light can promote the ring-opening reaction of styrene oxide. This work provides an alternative approach to further design efficient heterogeneous catalysts for photo-induced CO₂ cycloaddition reaction via coupling thermocatalysis and photocatalysis.

Keywords: CO(2) cycloaddition; Metal organic frameworks; Photo-induced; Photothermal conversion; Synergistic effect.