Building Ultrathin MOL/MOL S‐Scheme Heterostructures toward Boosted Photocatalytic Charge Kinetics for Efficient H <sub>2</sub> Evolution

Photocatalytic efficiencies highly depend on the kinetic behaviors of photogenerated electrons in catalysts. Herein, based on the promising metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), we design and build an advantageous architecture of ultrathin MOF-layer (metal-organic layers [MOL]) heterojunctions by a facile pH-adjusted electrostatic assembling of pre-exfoliated porphyrinic and pyrene-based MOLs. Such an architecture constitutes an S-scheme junction to drive interfacial charge separation, features ultrathin structures to shorten charge transfer distances, and maximizes accessible metal sites to facilitate terminal charge reaction, thoroughly promoting the charge kinetics in materials. The resulting MOL/MOL composites perform a significantly enhanced catalytic activity for visible-light-driven H<sub>2</sub> evolution, 8.5 and 106 times that of individual MOLs. Further fine-tuning into more reactive metal nodes achieves an optimal H<sub>2</sub> production (2027 µmol h<sup>-1</sup> g<sup>-1</sup>) with a high apparent quantum yield of 2.75% without additional cocatalysts, ranking among state-of-the-art activities from all-MOF photocatalysts. This work demonstrates an accessible and universal methodology to realize a superior ultrathin MOL/MOL heterojunction architecture toward accelerated charge kinetics, providing valuable insights for the development of efficient photocatalyst systems for solar-to-chemical energy conversions.

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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2025-04-17
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https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202502009
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Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
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Photocatalytic efficiencies highly depend on the kinetic behaviors of photogenerated electrons in catalysts. Herein, based on the promising metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), we design and build an advantageous architecture of ultrathin MOF-layer (metal-organic layers [MOL]) heterojunctions by a facile pH-adjusted electrostatic assembling of pre-exfoliated porphyrinic and pyrene-based MOLs. Such an architecture constitutes an S-scheme junction to drive interfacial charge separation, features ultrathin structures to shorten charge transfer distances, and maximizes accessible metal sites to facilitate terminal charge reaction, thoroughly promoting the charge kinetics in materials. The resulting MOL/MOL composites perform a significantly enhanced catalytic activity for visible-light-driven H<sub>2</sub> evolution, 8.5 and 106 times that of individual MOLs. Further fine-tuning into more reactive metal nodes achieves an optimal H<sub>2</sub> production (2027 µmol h<sup>-1</sup> g<sup>-1</sup>) with a high apparent quantum yield of 2.75% without additional cocatalysts, ranking among state-of-the-art activities from all-MOF photocatalysts. This work demonstrates an accessible and universal methodology to realize a superior ultrathin MOL/MOL heterojunction architecture toward accelerated charge kinetics, providing valuable insights for the development of efficient photocatalyst systems for solar-to-chemical energy conversions.

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Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN), Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter (CN), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN), State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, China Jiliang University (CN), Fuzhou University (CN)
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province, Huangshan University, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, National Key Research and Development Program of China
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