Covalent grafting of molecular photosensitizer and catalyst on MOF-808: effect of pore confinement toward visible light-driven CO₂ reduction in water

Abstract

We have fabricated <bold>Zr-MBA-Ru/Re-MOF</bold><italic>via</italic> post-synthetic modification of MOF-808. The integrated catalyst assembly was used to mimic natural photosynthesis for sunlight-driven CO₂ reduction to produce CO in aqueous medium without external sacrificial electron donor.