Heteroatom-Doped Ag25 Nanoclusters Encapsulated in Metal-Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production

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Atomically precise metal nanoclusters (NCs) with unique optical properties and abundant catalytic sites are promising in photocatalysis. However, their light-induced instability and the difficulty of utilizing the photogenerated carriers for photocatalysis pose significant challenges. Here, MAg24 (M=Ag, Pd, Pt, and Au) NCs doped with diverse single heteroatoms have been encapsulated in a metal-organic framework (MOF), UiO-66-NH2, affording MAg24UiO-66-NH2. Strikingly, compared with Ag25@UiO-66-NH2, the MAg24@UiO-66-NH2 doped with heteroatom exhibits much enhanced activity in photocatalytic hydrogen production, among which AuAg24@UiO-66-NH2 presents the best activity up to 3.6 mmol g-1 h-1, far superior to all other counterparts. Moreover, they display excellent photocatalytic recyclability and stability. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy demonstrate that MAg24 NCs encapsulated into the MOF create a favorable charge transfer pathway, similar to a Z-scheme heterojunction, when exposed to visible light. This promotes charge separation, along with optimized Ag electronic state, which are responsible for the superior activity in photocatalytic hydrogen production.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:63

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Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) - 63(2024), 17 vom: 22. Apr., Seite e202401443

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, He [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiyuan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Meng [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Hai-Long [VerfasserIn]

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Composites
Journal Article
Metal nanoclusters
Metal-organic framework
Photocatalysis
Z-scheme

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Date Revised 15.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/anie.202401443

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NLM368974995