Novel Tin-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks for Reducing Carbon Dioxide to Formate
| Date | 2nd, Jun 2023 |
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| Source | Tokyo Institute of Technology - Organizations and Universities Websites |
DESCRIPTION
Researchers from Tokyo Tech have developed a tin-based metal–organic framework (MOF) that can photocatalytically reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) into formate under visible light. The tin-based MOF exhibited a high apparent quantum yield of 9.8% and carried out extremely selective photoreduction without needing an additional photosensitizer. This could prove extremely useful, as currently, most metal complexes for reducing CO2 to useful chemicals utilize expensive, rare and precious metals.