W‐N‐C Tandem Catalytic Centers Mediating Efficient Charge Transfer for the Enhanced Radical‐Path U(VI) Photoreduction
. The radical-mediated U(VI) reduction pathway was thermodynamically favored, where W sites acted as electron-accepting centers, with the W─N─C coordination serving as a charge-transfer channel under a built-in electric field, enabling the Z-scheme migration. Consequently, the optimized catalyst (CW-2) exhibited a U(VI) removal rate of 98.6% (capacity of 557.56 mg/g) within 16 min, the removal efficiency was reduced to a minute scale, and the impractical oxygen exclusion was no longer a significant concern. This work established a paradigm for creating "all-in-one" photocatalytic active centers through targeted atomic-scale interface design.
Authors
- Shu‐Xian Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0127-3353)
- Wei Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7800-3189)
- Hao Fu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4963-6029)
- Jinhao Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5037-5324)
- Zhiyao Wu
- Yuxiang Deng
- Zhenpeng Cui
- Nannan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9013-0612)
- Zhiwei Huang
- Duoqiang Pan
- Wangsuo Wu
- Peng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0751-6793)
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Guangxi University (CN)
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (CN)
- Lanzhou University (CN)
- University of Science and Technology Beijing (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Science
- Published
- 2026-05-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.75637
- Primary Topic
- Radioactive element chemistry and processing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities