Engineering Single-Atom Active Sites on Covalent Organic Frameworks for Boosting CO2Photoreduction

• Solar carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion is an emerging solution to meet the challenges of sustainable energy systems and environmental/climate concerns. However, the construction of isolated active sites not only influences catalytic activity but also limits the understanding of the structure-catalyst relationship of CO2 reduction. Herein, we develop a universal synthetic protocol to fabricate different single-atom metal sites (e.g., Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, Cu, Mn, and Ru) anchored on the triazine-based covalent organic framework (SAS/Tr-COF) backbone with the bridging structure of metal-nitrogen-chlorine for high-performance catalytic CO2 reduction. Remarkably, the as-synthesized Fe SAS/Tr-COF as a representative catalyst achieved an impressive CO generation rate as high as 980.3 μmol g-1 h-1 and a selectivity of 96.4%, over approximately 26 times higher than that of the pristine Tr-COF under visible light irradiation. From X-ray absorption fine structure analysis and density functional theory calculations, the superior photocatalytic performance is attributed to the synergic effect of atomically dispersed metal sites and Tr-COF host, decreasing the reaction energy barriers for the formation of *COOH intermediates and promoting CO2 adsorption and activation as well as CO desorption. This work not only affords rational design of state-of-the-art catalysts at the molecular level but also provides in-depth insights for efficient CO2 conversion. 

Ämnesord

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Kemi -- Materialkemi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Chemical Sciences -- Materials Chemistry (hsv//eng)

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Catalyst activity

Catalyst selectivity

Density functional theory

Metals

Solar energy

X ray absorption

carbon dioxide

cobalt

copper

iron

manganese

metal organic framework

nickel

ruthenium

zinc

Active site

CO2 reduction

Covalent organic frameworks

Metal sites

Performance

Photo reduction

Single-atoms

Sustainable energy systems

Synthetic protocols

]+ catalyst

adsorption

Article

atom

catalyst

chemical structure

covalent bond

desorption

engineering

photocatalysis

reduction (chemistry)

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