Lu single atoms create long-lived interlayer charge highways for efficient visible-light CO2 photoconversion,
发布时间:2026-05-29
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- 影响因子:
- 22.1
- DOI码:
- 10.1016/j.apcatb.2026.127024
- 发表刊物:
- Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy
- 关键字:
- Lu single atoms; electron bridge; carbon nitride; photocatalysis; CO2 conversion
- 摘要:
- Photocatalytic CO₂ reduction on graphitic carbon nitride (CN) is hindered by slow interlayer charge transfer. While single-atom catalysts (SACs) are often confined to in-plane sites, we propose a distinct interlayer-SAC strategy by anchoring lutetium (Lu) single atoms within CN interlayers (LuCNv0. 20). Advanced characterizations and density functional theory (DFT) confirm the formation of unique interlayer Lu-N electronic bridges, which serve as dedicated vertical charge channels. Femtosecond transient absorption (fs-TA) spectroscopy reveals a longer-lived kinetic component (τ2= 15.75 ps) that is reasonably assigned to bridge-mediated interlayer charge transport, together with suppressed recombination. The catalyst achieves a high CO production rate of 56.30 μmol g-1 h-1 with 97.80% selectivity and an apparent quantum yield (AQY) of 11.69% at 400 nm, representing a 2.36-fold gain over pristine CN and demonstrating competitive performance among representative non-precious-metal photocatalysts reported for CO2 reduction. In situ DRIFTS shows the bridges also facilitate CO2 activation via* COOH stabilization. This work introduces interlayer electronic bridges as a new design principle to engineer charge transport in layered photocatalysts. This work establishes rare-earth single-atom Lu-N6 interlayer electronic bridges in polymeric carbon nitride, linking a quantified interlayer charge-transfer acceleration with CO2 adsorption/activation control, thereby translating interlayer engineering into CO-selective photocatalysis without cocatalysts or sacrificial agents.
- 合写作者:
- 刘彬,张祎
- 论文类型:
- SCI
- 通讯作者:
- 李宇涵
- 论文编号:
- 125007
- 文献类型:
- Journal Article
- 卷号:
- 352
- 页面范围:
- 125007
- ISSN号:
- 0926-3373
- 是否译文:
- 否
- 发表时间:
- 2026-05-26
- 收录刊物:
- SCI



