Two-Dimensional-on-Three-Dimensional Metal-Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic H2 Production

Yang Wang; Zhiyong Zhang; Jing Li; Yiwen Yuan; Jun Yang; Wei Xu; Pengfei An; Shibo Xi; Jianping Guo; Bo Liu; Jianfeng Li

doi:10.1002/anie.202211031

Two-Dimensional-on-Three-Dimensional Metal-Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic H₂ Production

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2022 Oct 4;61(40):e202211031. doi: 10.1002/anie.202211031. Epub 2022 Aug 29.

Authors

Yang Wang¹, Zhiyong Zhang², Jing Li³, Yiwen Yuan¹, Jun Yang¹, Wei Xu^{4

5}, Pengfei An⁴, Shibo Xi⁶, Jianping Guo⁷, Bo Liu², Jianfeng Li¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Materials Science and Opto-electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yanqi Lake, Huairou District, Beijing, 101408, P. R. China.
² Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Physical Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, P. R. China.
³ Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
⁴ Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.
⁵ RICMASS, Rome International Center for Materials Science Superstripes, Rome, Italy.
⁶ Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Singapore.
⁷ State Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Reuse for Building Materials, Beijing Building Materials Academy of Science Research, Beijing, 100041, P. R. China.

PMID: 35953444
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202211031

Abstract

A MOF-on-MOF heterostructure is attractive in material science because of its potential combined effects in catalysis. However, precisely controlling the growth pattern at the metal-organic framework (MOF) nucleation stage to manipulate the metallic composition and structure dimensionality remain a challenge. Herein, we introduce a polyvinylpyrrolidone-assist kinetic-control strategy to achieve the "anti-epitaxial growth" pattern of a foreign MOF nucleus on the (111) facets of UiO-66-NH₂ octahedron seeds, and construct diverse two-dimensional-on-three-dimensional (2D-on-3D) MOF heterostructures (2D-on-3D Cu, Zn, Cd, Co, and Ni). Notably, the 2D-on-3D Cu exhibits a unique "dimensionality-hybrid" effect in photocatalysis which led to a significant photoactivity enhancement over those of the traditional "dimensionality-identical" 2D, 3D and 3D-on-3D MOF structures.

Keywords: 2D-on-3D MOF; Anti-Epitaxial Growth; H2 Production; Photocatalysis; “Dimensionality-Hybrid” Effect.

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