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
Abstract Visible light driven carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) reduction to ethylene (C 2 H 4 ) 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 2 H 4 . Herein, we present a synergistic engineering strategy to construct a Fe 0.2 /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 2 H 4 yield of 1056.2 µmol·g −1 ·h −1 . This performance surpasses state‐of‐the‐art systems for visible light driven CO 2 ‐to‐C 2 H 4 . 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 0.2 /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 2 H 4 . This study provides insights into the rapid generation of C 2 H 4 through photocatalytic CO 2 reduction, paving the way for visible light‐driven CO 2 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)
- Mingyang Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4820-2210)
- Ting Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8475-5798)
- Hong Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1640-9620)
- Zhongkai Xie
Institutions
- Jiangsu University (CN)
- Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202517013
- Primary Topic
- Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00