Outside Back Cover: Low‐Spin W <sup>III</sup> ‐Triggered Triplet Spin‐Polarized Electron Delocalization of Tungsten Oxide for Photocatalytic Reduction of Uranium (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 48/2025)
Solar-light driven photocatalysis is a green and efficient technology to immobilize high-toxic and radioactive uranium (U). In their Research Article (e202519402), Wen Liu and co-workers designed a facet engineered WO3 nanowires with OVs confined to (110) surfaces ((110)-WO2.35) with low-spin WIII configuration. As a result, enhanced π* occupancy driven by electronic redistribution in dxz/dyz–py/pz hybrid orbitals of W elevated the conduction band, markedly boosting electron donation capability for U(VI) reduction.
Authors
- Wen Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6787-2431)
- Tao Duan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0944-6995)
- Weiliang Sun
- Xudong Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1483-2089)
- Long Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5036-1539)
- Fan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9274-4602)
Institutions
- Southwest University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Shenzhen University (CN)
- Peking University (CN)
- Beijing Forestry University (CN)
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2025-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202522635
- Primary Topic
- Radioactive element chemistry and processing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00