Optimizing *CO/CO Supply by Atomically Dispersed Fe Sites for High‐rate CO <sub>2</sub> ‐to‐C <sub>2</sub> H <sub>4</sub> Conversion Under Visible Light

Visible light driven carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) reduction to ethylene (C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>) is a promising pathway to obtain renewable fuels and valuable chemicals. However, the insufficient supply of *CO/CO severely limits the rate of C-C coupling toward C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>. Herein, we present a synergistic engineering strategy to construct a Fe<sub>0.2</sub>/H-MOF-1 composite catalyst by anchoring high-density iron single atoms sites (Fe SAs) onto a pyridinic nitrogen rich metal-organic framework (H-MOF-1). Under visible light, the catalyst achieves an exceptional C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub> yield of 1056.2 µmol·g<sup>-1</sup>·h<sup>-1</sup>. This performance surpasses state-of-the-art systems for visible light driven CO<sub>2</sub>-to-C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>. The X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) analysis, CO adsorption experiments and density functional theory (DFT) calculations demonstrate that the Fe-N active sites in the Fe<sub>0.2</sub>/H-MOF-1 catalyst not only significantly reduce the energy barrier from *COOH to *CO but also maintain abundant *CO/CO for C-C coupling through strong CO adsorption, thus efficiently promoting the rapid generation of C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>. This study provides insights into the rapid generation of C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub> through photocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> reduction, paving the way for visible light-driven CO<sub>2</sub> reduction reactions.

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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2025-10-17
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https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202517013
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Optimizing *CO/CO Supply by Atomically Dispersed Fe Sites for High‐rate CO 2 ‐to‐C 2 H 4 Conversion Under Visible Light

Dongbo Xu, Tixuan Xia, Qincong Li, Weidong Shi, Wei Mao, Ting Zhou, Hong Liu, Zhongkai Xie
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Visible light driven carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) reduction to ethylene (C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>) is a promising pathway to obtain renewable fuels and valuable chemicals. However, the insufficient supply of *CO/CO severely limits the rate of C-C coupling toward C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>. Herein, we present a synergistic engineering strategy to construct a Fe<sub>0.2</sub>/H-MOF-1 composite catalyst by anchoring high-density iron single atoms sites (Fe SAs) onto a pyridinic nitrogen rich metal-organic framework (H-MOF-1). Under visible light, the catalyst achieves an exceptional C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub> yield of 1056.2 µmol·g<sup>-1</sup>·h<sup>-1</sup>. This performance surpasses state-of-the-art systems for visible light driven CO<sub>2</sub>-to-C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>. The X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) analysis, CO adsorption experiments and density functional theory (DFT) calculations demonstrate that the Fe-N active sites in the Fe<sub>0.2</sub>/H-MOF-1 catalyst not only significantly reduce the energy barrier from *COOH to *CO but also maintain abundant *CO/CO for C-C coupling through strong CO adsorption, thus efficiently promoting the rapid generation of C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>. This study provides insights into the rapid generation of C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub> through photocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> reduction, paving the way for visible light-driven CO<sub>2</sub> reduction reactions.

Angewandte Chemie International EditionVol. 64(51)
Jiangsu University (CN), Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (CN)
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