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.
Authors
- Dongbo Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2822-042X)
- Tixuan Xia
- Qincong Li
- Weidong Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1123-8191)
- Wei Mao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4181-9787)
- Ting Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8475-5798)
- Hong Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4926-1960)
- Zhongkai Xie
Institutions
- Jiangsu University (CN)
- Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202517013
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.45