Ultrathin 2D In2O3 Nanosheets Confining Cu Single Atoms Synergized With Oxygen Vacancies for High Selectivity of Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to CO
Yueying Yang, Xuan Xiang, Jiali Ren, Ying Bian, Xinyu Wang, Xiaoyang Lu, Yanjun Xue, Porun Liu, Cheng‐Hao Chuang, Xiaoli Zhang, Jian Tian · 2026
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Yueying Yang and co-authors build, in a 2026 study, a sunlight catalyst that turns carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide with near-perfect aim. The base is an ultrathin sheet of indium oxide, deliberately flawed with missing oxygen atoms. Onto that sheet the team anchors single copper atoms, held in the defect-rich surface rather than clumped into particles.
The pairing works as a team. The copper atoms and the oxygen gaps together grab carbon dioxide, lower the energy hill toward a key halfway compound, and speed charge flow across the sheet. The yield of carbon monoxide rose well above the plain sheet's, with selectivity above ninety-nine percent. The catalyst also held up over sixty-four hours of cycling. Spectra taken during the reaction and computer models back the shared mechanism the authors propose.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yueying Yang, Xuan Xiang, Jiali Ren, Ying Bian, Xinyu Wang, Xiaoyang Lu, Yanjun Xue, Porun Liu, Cheng‐Hao Chuang, Xiaoli Zhang, Jian Tian |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |