{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Song R"],"funding":["National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)"],"pagination":["10542"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12658224"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["16(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Light-driven methanol synthesis from CO<sub>2</sub> provides a sustainable fuel source and approach to carbon neutralization. Mimicking natural photosynthesis could improve gas-solid photocatalytic efficiency, but it remains highly challenging due to the absence of well-organized mass and charge transfer networks in artificial materials. Herein, we report a chlorophyll-mimicking, nano-pigment nickel gallium oxide, which facilitates discrete light/dark reactions and proton-mediated charge transfer for efficient photocatalytic hydrogenation of CO<sub>2</sub> to methanol. This nano-pigment features surface frustrated Lewis pairs, enabling heterolytic hydrogen splitting into H<sup>-</sup> and H<sup>+</sup>. The H<sup>-</sup> acts analogously to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate in na"],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pubmed_title":["A nickel gallium oxide chlorophyll mimic for green methanol synthesis."],"pmcid":["PMC12658224"],"funding_grant_id":["52172221"],"pubmed_authors":["Wang A","MacNeil E","Zhu Z","Qiu C","Fu Y","Cai G","Wang L","Duchesne PN","Guo J","Tountas AA","Chen Z","Song R","Aspuru-Guzik A","An X","Singh CV","Qu W","Zhou J","Loh JYY","Li C","Mohan A","Xu C","He L","Yan X","Viasus CJ","Li Z","Ai C","Zhang X","Han J","Xu YF","Jing D","Ye J","Ozin GA"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A nickel gallium oxide chlorophyll mimic for green methanol synthesis.","description":"Light-driven methanol synthesis from CO<sub>2</sub> provides a sustainable fuel source and approach to carbon neutralization. Mimicking natural photosynthesis could improve gas-solid photocatalytic efficiency, but it remains highly challenging due to the absence of well-organized mass and charge transfer networks in artificial materials. Herein, we report a chlorophyll-mimicking, nano-pigment nickel gallium oxide, which facilitates discrete light/dark reactions and proton-mediated charge transfer for efficient photocatalytic hydrogenation of CO<sub>2</sub> to methanol. This nano-pigment features surface frustrated Lewis pairs, enabling heterolytic hydrogen splitting into H<sup>-</sup> and H<sup>+</sup>. The H<sup>-</sup> acts analogously to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate in na","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Nov","modification":"2026-06-05T20:27:51.566Z","creation":"2026-05-21T03:12:31.274Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12658224","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41298367"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-025-65560-y"]}}