Topology- and wavelength-governed CO₂ reduction photocatalysis in molecular catalyst-metal-organic framework assemblies.

ABSTRACT: Optimising catalyst materials for visible light-driven fuel production requires understanding complex and intertwined processes including light absorption and catalyst stability, as well as mass, charge, and energy transport. These phenomena can be uniquely combined (and ideally controlled) in porous host-guest systems. Towards this goal we designed model systems consisting of molecular complexes as catalysts and porphyrin metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as light-harvesting and hosting porous matrices. Two MOF-rhenium molecule hybrids with identical building units but differing topologies (PCN-222 and PCN-224) were prepared including photosensitiser-catalyst dyad-like systems integrated via self-assembled molecular recognition. This allowed us to investigate the impact of MOF topolo

SUBMITTER: Stanley PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9601321 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature