January 2023

Congrats to our Ph.D. candidate Raya Ifraemov for publishing a research article in Solar RRL and being selected as the editor’s choice!

In this work we show that a CoTCPP-based MOF, Co-MOF-525, can produce CH₄, an 8e⁻/8H⁺ CO₂ reduction product when the light illumination is added during electrochemical operation, reaching an FE of ≈14% at −0.49 V_NHE. Electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical analysis revealed that under illumination, a large concentration of holes are accumulated, in the form of oxidized [Co(III)TCPP]⁺ species. In turn, this [Co(III)TCPP]⁺ species can bind CO favorably, thus stabilizing it for further electroreduction to CH₄.

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/solr.202201068