title: Plasmon-Enhanced Photocatalytic CO(2) Conversion within Metal-Organic Frameworks under Visible Light.
abstract: Materials development for artificial photosynthesis, in particular, CO2reduction, has been under extensive efforts, ranging from inorganic semiconductors to molecular complexes. In this report, we demonstrate a metal-organic framework (MOF)-coated nanoparticle photocatalyst with enhanced CO2reduction activity and stability, which stems from having two different functional units for activity enhancement and catalytic stability combined together as a single construct. Covalently attaching a CO2-to-CO conversion photocatalyst ReI(CO)3(BPYDC)Cl, BPYDC = 2,2'-bipyridine-5,5'-dicarboxylate, to a zirconium MOF, UiO-67 (Ren-MOF), prevents dimerization leading to deactivation. By systematically controlling its density in the framework (n = 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 11, 16, and 24 complexes per unit cell), the highest photocatalytic activity was found for Re3-MOF. Structural analysis of Ren-MOFs suggests that a fine balance of proximity between photoactive centers is needed for cooperatively enhanced photocatalytic activity, where an optimum number of Re complexes per unit cell should reach the highest activity. Based on the structure-activity correlation of Ren-MOFs, Re3-MOF was coated onto Ag nanocubes (Ag⊂Re3-MOF), which spatially confined photoactive Re centers to the intensified near-surface electric fields at the surface of Ag nanocubes, resulting in a 7-fold enhancement of CO2-to-CO conversion under visible light with long-term stability maintained up to 48 h.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Sookmyung Women's University , Seoul 04310, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Min
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Dohyung
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Bunyarat
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rungtaweevoranit
authors.forename: Christopher A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Trickett
authors.forename: Jesika Trese Deniz
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Barmanbek
authors.affiliation: King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology , Post Office Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Ahmad S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Alshammari
authors.forename: Peidong
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology , Post Office Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Omar M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Yaghi