{"title":"Surface ligand-promoted heterogeneous CO2 catalysis","authors":"Zhe Lu, Lu Wang","doi":"10.1007/s11426-024-2205-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-024-2205-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Heterogeneous CO<sub>2</sub> catalysis towards the synthesis of high-value products provides a potent pathway for achieving carbon neutrality. The distinctive attributes of surface ligands allow for highly effective tuning of the kinetics and mechanisms to enhance CO<sub>2</sub> conversion performance. In this review, the catalytic contributions of surface ligands from the view of structure modulation, mechanism modulation, mass transfer, and energy transfer were summarized. The relationships between surface ligands and the performance of functionalized catalysts were further explored. Subsequently, the applications of hydrocarbon chain spacer, hydroxyl and amino as terminal, and SiO<sub><i>x</i></sub> ligand in thermal, photo, and photothermal CO<sub>2</sub> conversion were investigated. By examining the current limitations and advancements, we concluded with insights into potential future research directions that focus on the development of precisely tuned active sites for highly efficient CO<sub>2</sub> conversion.</p>","PeriodicalId":772,"journal":{"name":"Science China Chemistry","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.445,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142249233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sheng Jiang, Shaobing Xiong, Shuaifei Mao, Yefan Zhang, Dongyang Zhao, Xiaomeng You, Vladimir Gaishun, Dmitry Kovalenk, Qinye Bao
{"title":"Light-activated tautomeric transition enhanced buried heterointerface for highly efficient and ultraviolet robust perovskite solar cells","authors":"Sheng Jiang, Shaobing Xiong, Shuaifei Mao, Yefan Zhang, Dongyang Zhao, Xiaomeng You, Vladimir Gaishun, Dmitry Kovalenk, Qinye Bao","doi":"10.1007/s11426-024-2194-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-024-2194-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The buried heterointerface of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) suffers from serious nonradiative recombination and ultraviolet (UV) light stress, relentlessly limiting further increase in their power conversion efficiency and operational stability. Herein, we develop an emerging strategy of incorporating a thin UV-activated tautomeric transition layer onto underlying charge transport layer and then depositing perovskite layer to construct an efficient hole-selective buried heterojunction. It is revealed that the UV-activated tautomeric transition interlayer not only improves upper perovskite crystallinity, diminishes thermionic loss for collecting hole and passivates defect site at such buried contact that significantly promote charge transport and suppress nonradiative recombination, but also effectively protects adjacent perovskite from UV degradation through “UV sunscreen” effect. As a result, we report a remarkably enhanced efficiency of 24.76% compared to 22.02% of the control device. More importantly, the achieved high-efficiency PSC features excellent resistance against UV radiation at 365 nm of 100 and 850 mW cm<sup>−2</sup>, which are approximately 21 and 184 times of UV flux (4.6 mW cm<sup>−2</sup>) under AM 1.5G solar illumination. This work provides a promising approach of strengthening buried heterointerface for simultaneous realization of highly efficient and UV robust PSCs.</p>","PeriodicalId":772,"journal":{"name":"Science China Chemistry","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.445,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142249232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ying-Qi Zhang, Gan-Lu Qian, Yun Liu, Jia-Hui Li, Xin Hong, Zhou Xu, Bo Zhou, Long-Wu Ye
{"title":"Tandem asymmetric dearomatized functionalization reaction of phenols with Evans-ynamides enabled by divergent electrophiles","authors":"Ying-Qi Zhang, Gan-Lu Qian, Yun Liu, Jia-Hui Li, Xin Hong, Zhou Xu, Bo Zhou, Long-Wu Ye","doi":"10.1007/s11426-024-2211-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-024-2211-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Herein, we disclose a highly regio-/chemoselective tandem asymmetric dearomatized halofunctionalization reaction of phenol-tethered ynamides with diverse electrophilic halogenation sources in a catalyst-free manner for the practical and rapid assembly of a series of halogenated spirocyclic enones. Besides, the related dearomatized selenation and protonation are also achieved, affording the corresponding selenated and protonated spirocycles in high efficiency. Moreover, the enantioselectivities of these products can be perfectly induced by Evans auxiliaries (99% ees). Significantly, this protocol not only represents the first tandem asymmetric halofunctionalization reaction of phenol derivatives, but also constitutes the first asymmetric halogenation/selenation of ynamides. Theoretical calculations indicate a remote induction model of Evans chiral auxiliary-attached keteniminium.</p>","PeriodicalId":772,"journal":{"name":"Science China Chemistry","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.445,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142249237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Combating periodontitis with an ATP-responsive metal-organic framework through synergistic ion-interference-induced pyroptosis","authors":"Yuling Xu, Mengrong He, Xuechuan Hong","doi":"10.1007/s11426-024-2192-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11426-024-2192-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":772,"journal":{"name":"Science China Chemistry","volume":"67 11","pages":"3493 - 3494"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142518542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Metal-organic frameworks with dinuclear metal centers for synergistically boosting CO2 photoreduction","authors":"Hui-Feng Wang, Wen-Jie Shi, Yu-Xin Yang, Bao-Xia Dong, Tong-Bu Lu, Di-Chang Zhong","doi":"10.1007/s11426-024-2108-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11426-024-2108-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Dinuclear metal synergistic catalysis (DMSC) has been proved powerful in boosting CO<sub>2</sub> reduction, while this has not been achieved in heterogeneous catalysts with long-range order structures. In this study, we, by introduction of metal catalytic centers into an indium-based metal-organic framework (MOF), obtained a series of isostructural In-MOFs, including three MOFs with mononuclear metal catalytic center (M-In), three MOFs with dinuclear homometallic catalytic centers (MM-In), and three MOFs with dinuclear heterometallic catalytic centers (MM′-In, M/M′ = Co(II), Ni(II), Zn(II)). It was found that all these MOFs can serve as catalysts for photochemical CO<sub>2</sub> reduction to CO. Compared with M-In, the catalytic activities of MM-In were obviously enhanced, and that of MM′-In was further significantly enhanced. For example, the CO yield of CoZn-In reaches a record value of 12,700 µmol g<sup>−1</sup> h<sup>−1</sup>, which is 4.0, 8.1, 9.4, and 18.6-fold higher than that of CoCo-In, ZnZn-In, Co-In, andZn-In, respectively. Similarly, the catalytic activities of CoNi-In and NiZn-In also show different fold increase than those of corresponding dinuclear homometallic and mononuclear metallic MOFs. The results of control experiments and theoretical calculation reveal that the higher catalytic activities of MM-In over M-In can be ascribed to the DMSC effect, and the higher catalytic activity of MM′-In over MM-In can be ascribed to the strengthened DMSC effect. The work reveals the relationship between DMSC effect and bimetal centers in CO<sub>2</sub> reduction, which provides new insights into the DMSC and paves a new way to design highly active catalysts for photochemical CO<sub>2</sub> reduction.\u0000</p><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":772,"journal":{"name":"Science China Chemistry","volume":"68 1","pages":"201 - 208"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142225137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hong Yuan, Min Zhang, Ji-Hua Deng, Tong-Bu Lu, Di-Chang Zhong
{"title":"Integration of metal-organic layers with quantum dots for artificial photosynthesis","authors":"Hong Yuan, Min Zhang, Ji-Hua Deng, Tong-Bu Lu, Di-Chang Zhong","doi":"10.1007/s11426-024-2025-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11426-024-2025-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Metal-organic layers (MOLs), a type of new-emerging two-dimensional ultrathin metal-organic framework materials with large surface areas and highly exposed active sites, have shown promising applications in photocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> reduction. However, due to a lack of photosensitivity and photooxidation capability, photosensitizers and sacrificial reductants are usually necessary for MOLs-based photocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> reduction systems. In this article, by integration of MOLs and quantum dots (QDs), we constructed MOLs-based catalysts with multi-functions of photosensitivity, photoreduction and photooxidation, which thus can serve as photocatalysts for CO<sub>2</sub> reduction with H<sub>2</sub>O as an electron donor. Specifically, by an electrostatic self-assembly approach, nickel(II)-based MOLs (Ni-MOLs) and CsPbBr<sub>3</sub> QDs have been assembled, constructing valid II-Scheme Ni-MOLs/CsPbBr<sub>3</sub> heterojunctions with close Ni-MOLs/CsPbBr<sub>3</sub> heterointerface. Such a close heterointerface shortens the charge transfer distance, thus effectively boosting the charge separation and transfer. As a result, upon illumination by visible light (<i>λ</i> ⩾ 400 nm, 100 mW cm<sup>−2</sup>), the optimized photocatalyst shows high efficiency and stability in photochemical CO<sub>2</sub> reduction in the absence of any photosensitizers and sacrificial reductants. The CO yield reaches as high as 124 µmol g<sup>−1</sup> in 4 h, over 6 times higher than that achieved by CsPbBr<sub>3</sub>. Additionally, the selectivity reaches 100%. This work provides a new way to construct MOL-based catalysts for artificial photosynthesis.\u0000</p><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":772,"journal":{"name":"Science China Chemistry","volume":"67 11","pages":"3712 - 3718"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142225135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Engineering Ru(N^N)3-modified covalent organic framework for photocatalytic olefin epoxidation","authors":"Yan-Lin Li, Sheng-Li Huang, Guo-Yu Yang","doi":"10.1007/s11426-024-2043-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11426-024-2043-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Photocatalytic olefin oxidation using air as an oxidant is an environmentally friendly method for producing epoxides. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have emerged as promising photocatalysts in various organic synthesis reactions. The combination of tri-(2-pyridinal aldehyde)-containing precursor with 4,4′,4″-(1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triyl)trianiline generated <b>(N^N)-I-COF</b>. <i>Via</i> imine-to-quinoline transformation and coordination anchorage of <b>Ru(N^N)</b><sub><b>3</b></sub> unit, <b>Ru(N^N)</b><sub><b>3</b></sub><b>@Q-COF</b> was obtained with improved chemical stability, skeleton conjugation, and novel photochemical characteristics, and demonstrated excellent photocatalytic activity in olefin epoxidation with a wide range of substrates. The presence of H<sub>2</sub>O played a crucial role in the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROSs), which in turn influenced the olefin oxidation process. The hydrophilicity of <b>Ru(N^N)</b><sub><b>3</b></sub> facilitated the approach of H<sub>2</sub>O and O<sub>2</sub> to the photogenerated charges, thereby promoting ROSs generation. The lipophilicity of <b>Q-COF</b> allowed for the absorption of olefin substrates, and its nano-channels increased encountering possibility between olefins and ROSs. Consequently, <b>Ru(N^N)</b><sub><b>3</b></sub><b>@Q-COF</b> provided an intriguing platform for olefin photooxidation and could be recycled multiple times without any degradation in performance. This report revealed that the conversion of classical ROSs into less potent oxidants with rapid kinetic rates played a crucial role in achieving highly efficient and selective epoxidation of terminal olefins.\u0000</p><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":772,"journal":{"name":"Science China Chemistry","volume":"67 11","pages":"3719 - 3728"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142197150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jun-Chao Qi, Yan Qin, Hang Peng, Hui-Peng Lv, Yong-Ju Bai, Xin Shen, Zhang-Tian Xia, Wei-Qiang Liao
{"title":"A Z/E isomeric cation designed organic-inorganic cadmium chloride ferroelectric with broadband white-light emission","authors":"Jun-Chao Qi, Yan Qin, Hang Peng, Hui-Peng Lv, Yong-Ju Bai, Xin Shen, Zhang-Tian Xia, Wei-Qiang Liao","doi":"10.1007/s11426-024-2175-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11426-024-2175-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Hybrid organic-inorganic metal halides (HOMHs) have attracted tremendous interest in the past decades due to their diverse functional properties, such as ferroelectricity and luminescence. However, although a large number of ferroelectric HOMHs and luminescent HOMHs have been reported, the HOMH ferroelectrics with white-light emission remain very sparse. Here, for the first time, by using the <i>Z/E</i> isomeric organic cation, we designed a cadmium-based HOMH ferroelectric [<i>EE</i>-PMU]CdCl<sub>4</sub> (<i>EE</i>-PMU = pyridin-2-ylmethanamide muconate) with broadband white-light emission. In contrast to the [<i>ZZ</i>-PMU]CdCl<sub>4</sub> with centrosymmetric crystal structure at room temperature, [<i>EE</i>-PMU]CdCl<sub>4</sub> adopts the polar crystal symmetry, which shows piezoelectricity with a piezoelectric coefficient of <i>d</i><sub>33</sub> up to 19 pC/N and ferroelectricity with the saturated polarization of 1.52 µC/cm<sup>2</sup>. Moreover, [<i>EE</i>-PMU]CdCl<sub>4</sub> exhibits a broadband white-light emission with an ultra-high color rendering index of 91 under UV excitation, which is related to the severely distorted [CdCl<sub>4</sub>]<sup>2−</sup> tetrahedron in the structure. To our knowledge, [<i>EE</i>-PMU]CdCl<sub>4</sub> is the first example of <i>Z/E</i> isomeric cation-designed HOMH ferroelectric and the first cadmium halide white-light emissive ferroelectric. This finding paves a new way for the design of organic-inorganic molecular ferroelectrics with white-light emission.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":772,"journal":{"name":"Science China Chemistry","volume":"67 12","pages":"4167 - 4174"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142197149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fan-Xiao Meng, Xing-Yu Wang, Ka Lu, Ju-Song Yang, Fu-Min Zhang, Ai-Jun Ma, Bao Du, Yong-Qiang Tu
{"title":"De novo synthesis of atropisomeric benzofurans via Cu/SPDO complex catalyzed asymmetric formal [3 + 2] annulation","authors":"Fan-Xiao Meng, Xing-Yu Wang, Ka Lu, Ju-Song Yang, Fu-Min Zhang, Ai-Jun Ma, Bao Du, Yong-Qiang Tu","doi":"10.1007/s11426-024-2174-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11426-024-2174-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Herein, the <i>de novo</i> synthesis of atropisomeric benzofurans through the Cu/spirocyclic-pyrrolidine-oxazoline (SPDO) complex catalyze asymmetric formal [3 + 2] cycloaddition between quinones and ynamides is explored, producing a range of structurally diverse axially chiral benzofurans in satisfactory yields with good to excellent enantioselectivities. Furthermore, density functional theory calculations were applied to explain the possible reaction mechanism.\u0000</p><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":772,"journal":{"name":"Science China Chemistry","volume":"68 1","pages":"174 - 180"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142197163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Zeolite-based materials for greenhouse gas capture and conversion","authors":"Qiang Zhang, Jialiang Li, Li Li, Jihong Yu","doi":"10.1007/s11426-024-2287-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-024-2287-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions, principally carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) and methane (CH<sub>4</sub>), has become a great threat to human survival. The capture and conversion of CO<sub>2</sub> and CH<sub>4</sub> not only provide an effective method to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions towards achieving carbon neutrality but also produce sustainable chemicals and fuels to meet the increasing demand for chemicals and energy. Zeolite-based materials are excellent adsorbents and catalysts for CO<sub>2</sub> and CH<sub>4</sub> capture and conversion. In this mini-review, we present the recent progress in zeolite-based materials for CO<sub>2</sub> and CH<sub>4</sub> capture and conversion. We first discuss the key factors of zeolites on the CO<sub>2</sub> and CH<sub>4</sub> adsorption performance. Then, we demonstrate the catalytic conversion of CO<sub>2</sub> and CH<sub>4</sub> into value-added chemicals, including hydrocarbons, oxygenates, and syngas. Finally, we provide an outlook regarding the opportunities and challenges for the capture and conversion of CO<sub>2</sub> and CH<sub>4</sub> towards achieving carbon neutrality and sustainable development.</p>","PeriodicalId":772,"journal":{"name":"Science China Chemistry","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.445,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142197148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}