Sunlight-driven simultaneous CO₂ reduction and water oxidation using indium-organic framework heterostructures.

ABSTRACT: Overall artificial photosynthesis, as a promising approach for sunlight-driven CO₂ recycling, requires photocatalysts with efficient light adsorption and separate active sites for coupling with H₂O oxidation. Here we show a In-based metal-organic framework (MOF) heterostructure, i.e., In-porphyrin (In-TCPP) nanosheets enveloping an In-NH₂-MIL-68 (M68N) core, via a facile one-pot synthesis that utilises competitive nucleation and growth of two organic linkers with In nodes. The coherent interfaces of the core@shell MOFs assure the structural stability of heterostructure, which will function as heterojunctions to facilitate the efficient transfer of photogenerated charge for overall photosynthesis. The In-TCPP shell in MOFs heterostructure improves CO_2</

SUBMITTER: Cai Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11911404 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature