A Doughnut‐Like Eu30 Catalyst for CO <sub>2</sub> Photoreduction with Turnover Numbers Over Ten Million
Abstract Polynuclear metal clusters can be potentially high‐performance catalysts for the CO 2 reduction owing to the unique spatial structures among multiple active centers. Herein, two 30‐nuclear doughnut‐like lanthanide clusters ( Eu30 and Dy30 ) were synthesized via in situ tandem reaction following a stepwise annular growth mechanism. In contrast to the Dy‐based analog, Eu30 serves as a high‐performance catalyst in visible‐light‐driven CO 2 ‐to‐CO conversion with 98% selectivity and a record‐high turnover number reaching 1.720 × 10 7 , a rare case with only lanthanide metals as the active centers. Experimental and computational results indicate that the excellent performance of Eu30 , as the first example of pure lanthanide cluster catalyst, can be attributed to its high redox activity with an appropriate LUMO energy level.
Authors
- Hua‐Hong Zou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5865-0191)
- Ying Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6415-8091)
- Dongcheng Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6420-5473)
- Fu‐Pei Liang
- Jia‐Wei Wang
- Zhong‐Hong Zhu
Institutions
- Guangxi University (CN)
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Guangxi Normal University (CN)
- Guilin University of Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie
- Published
- 2026-01-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202525260
- Primary Topic
- Inorganic Chemistry and Materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00