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Water-stable Mn-based MOF nanosheet as robust visible-light-responsive photocatalyst in aqueous solution

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Development of visible-light-responsive metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for promising solar energy conversion has inspired continuous interest, but it still suffers from poor stability especially in aqueous solution and/or under photoirradiation due to their relatively labile coordination bonds. Herein, a new synthesized layered Mn-based MOF (Mn-TBAPy-BK) and its exfoliated two-demensional nanosheets (Mn-TBAPy-NS) are revealed to be highly stable no matter in aqueous solution with wide pH region or under visible light irradiation. As expected, the exfoliated Mn-TBAPy-NS exhibits enhanced surface area, shortened charge transfer distance, and superior charge separation with respect to the bulk one. Moreover, the as-obtained nanosheets can be employed as effective building block for nanocomposite and heterostructure assembly to further promote charge separation as well as solar hydrogen production from aqueous solution under visible light. The finding of water stable MOF nanosheet under visible light demonstrates its promising future for solar energy conversion.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21633009, 21633010, 21925206), DICP&QIBEBT (UN201805), Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy (DNL) Cooperation Fund, CAS (DNL201913) and International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (121421KYSB20190025). Zhang F thanks the support from Liao Ning Revitalization Talents Program (XLYC1807241).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, the Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China

    Yejun Xiao, Xiangyang Guo, Xuan Liu, Yu Xiao, Lifang Liu, Sheng Ye, Fuxiang Zhang & Can Li

  2. Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China

    Tongtong Yang & Jun Jiang

  3. State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, the Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalin, 116023, China

    Junxue Liu

  4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Xuan Liu & Lifang Liu

  5. National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Applied Technology of Hybrid Nanomaterials, Collaborative Innovation Center of Nano Functional Materials and Applications of Henan Province, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475000, China

    Taifeng Liu

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Xiao, Y., Guo, X., Yang, T. et al. Water-stable Mn-based MOF nanosheet as robust visible-light-responsive photocatalyst in aqueous solution. Sci. China Chem. 63, 1756–1760 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-020-9809-x

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