Congratulations to Xiaotong Zhao on Publishing a Research Article in Nanoscale Advances

Synthesis of polyoxometalate-pillared Zn–Cr layered double hydroxides for photocatalytic CO₂ reduction and H₂O oxidation

Polyoxometalate (POM)-pillared Zn–Cr layered double hydroxides (LDHs) exhibited high photocatalytic activities in CO2 reduction and H2O oxidation reactions. For CO2 reduction in pure water, the CO production was 1.17 μmol g−1 after a 24 h reaction. For O2 evolution in NaIO3 solution, the O2 production reached 148.1 μmol g−1 after a 6 hour reaction. A mechanism study indicated that the electron transfer from Zn–Cr LDHs to POMs (SiW12O404−) promoted photocatalytic activities.

The related research findings were published in Nanoscale Advances under the title "Synthesis of polyoxometalate-pillared Zn–Cr layered double hydroxides for photocatalytic CO₂ reduction and H₂O oxidation"

Article link: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2024/na/d3na01024d