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Utilizing sustainable energy for chemical activation of small molecules, such as CO2, to produce important chemical feedstocks is highly desirable. The simultaneous production of CO/H2 mixture (syngas) from photoreduction of CO2 and H2O is highly promising. However, the relationships between structure, composition, crystallinity, and photocatalytic performance are still indistinct. Here, amorphous ultrathin CoO nanowires and polyoxometalate incorporated nanowires with even lower crystallinity were synthesized. The POM‐incorporated ultrathin nanowires exhibit high photocatalytic syngas production activity, reaching H2 and CO evolution rates of 11555 and 4165 μmol g−1 h−1 respectively. Further experiments indicate that the ultrathin morphology and incorporation of POM both contribute to the superior performance. Multiple characterizations reveal the enhanced charge–hole separation efficiency of the catalyst would facilitate the photocatalysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Utilizing sustainable energy for chemical activation of small molecules, such as CO2, to produce important chemical feedstocks is highly desirable. The simultaneous production of CO/H2 mixture (syngas) from photoreduction of CO2 and H2O is highly promising. However, the relationships between structure, composition, crystallinity, and photocatalytic performance are still indistinct. Here, amorphous ultrathin CoO nanowires and polyoxometalate incorporated nanowires with even lower crystallinity were synthesized. The POM‐incorporated ultrathin nanowires exhibit high photocatalytic syngas production activity, reaching H2 and CO evolution rates of 11555 and 4165 μmol g−1 h−1 respectively. Further experiments indicate that the ultrathin morphology and incorporation of POM both contribute to the superior performance. Multiple characterizations reveal the enhanced charge–hole separation efficiency of the catalyst would facilitate the photocatalysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Utilizing sustainable energy for chemical activation of small molecules, such as CO2, to produce important chemical feedstocks is highly desirable. The simultaneous production of CO/H2 mixture (syngas) from photoreduction of CO2 and H2O is highly promising. However, the relationships between structure, composition, crystallinity, and photocatalytic performance are still indistinct. Here, amorphous ultrathin CoO nanowires and polyoxometalate incorporated nanowires with even lower crystallinity were synthesized. The POM‐incorporated ultrathin nanowires exhibit high photocatalytic syngas production activity, reaching H2 and CO evolution rates of 11555 and 4165 μmol g−1 h−1 respectively. Further experiments indicate that the ultrathin morphology and incorporation of POM both contribute to the superior performance. Multiple characterizations reveal the enhanced charge–hole separation efficiency of the catalyst would facilitate the photocatalysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Utilizing sustainable energy for chemical activation of small molecules, such as CO2, to produce important chemical feedstocks is highly desirable. The simultaneous production of CO/H2 mixture (syngas) from photoreduction of CO2 and H2O is highly promising. However, the relationships between structure, composition, crystallinity, and photocatalytic performance are still indistinct. Here, amorphous ultrathin CoO nanowires and polyoxometalate incorporated nanowires with even lower crystallinity were synthesized. The POM‐incorporated ultrathin nanowires exhibit high photocatalytic syngas production activity, reaching H2 and CO evolution rates of 11555 and 4165 μmol g−1 h−1 respectively. Further experiments indicate that the ultrathin morphology and incorporation of POM both contribute to the superior performance. Multiple characterizations reveal the enhanced charge–hole separation efficiency of the catalyst would facilitate the photocatalysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Electrochemical CO 2 reduction (CO 2 R) to valuable products provides a promising strategy to enable CO 2 utilization sustainably. Here, we report the strategy of using Cu-DAT (3,5-diamino-1,2,4-triazole) as a catalyst precursor for efficient CO 2 reduction, demonstrating over 80% selectivity towards multicarbon products at 400 mA cm -2 , with intrinsic activity over 19 times higher than that of Cu nanoparticles. The catalyst ' s active phase is determined to be metallic copper wrapped with the DAT ligand. We attribute this enhanced CO 2 R performance to the accelerated steps of *CO adsorption and C-C coupling induced by the closely cooperated DAT ligand.

Five-axis laser scanning technology is an effective drilling method for special-shaped holes. Due to a gap in laser angle-of-incidence (AOI) control within a large scanning field, current technologies are challenging for fabricating large-size holes or special-shaped hole arrays. In this paper, a large scanning field five-axis laser concurrent drilling system was proposed. The laser AOI was independently controlled using two pairs of synchronous deflection mirrors. The laser control deviations under a large scanning field were investigated systematically by simulation and experiment. By establishing a complete correction method, the laser AOI control within a scanning field diameter of up to 35 mm was achieved. A series of special-shaped holes were fabricated concurrently on a 3.6 mm thick glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP), verifying that the AOI can be controlled by the five-axis laser scanning system. Our work provides a novel method to increase the scanning field of the five-axis laser scanning technology, expanding the application scope of the five-axis laser processing.

Developing efficient and robust heterogeneous metallophthalocyanine electrocatalysts for CO 2 reduction remains a challenge. Here, a general synthetic method of zinc-metallophthalocyanine (MPc) molecular layer/polyoxometalate (POM) sandwich lamellar material is developed, and thus improved performance of electrocatalytic and photocoupled electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction is achieved. The incorporation of POM could prevent the packing of MPc molecular layers from aggregation, which would be favorable to the exposure of active sites. The molecular layer sandwich catalyst presents superior CO 2 reduction activity, delivering the highest CO Faradaic efficiency (FE CO ) of 96.1% at -0.7 V vs RHE in dark field. Under light irradiation, over 93% FE CO is achieved in a broad potential range from -0.6 to -0.9 V vs RHE with a maximum of 96.2%, and the carbon monoxide turnover frequency could exceed 2060 h -1 . Photoelectrochemical tests and luminescence characterizations reveal the molecular layer is beneficial for carrier separation during light irradiation; density functional theory calculations and electron paramagnetic resonance indicated a 2-fold enhancement of the external light field on the catalytic performance.

2D catalysts combined with single atom sites are promising candidates to promote CO 2 reduction performance, but the ability to target stable materials with distinct structure still remains challenging. Herein, a series of single metal atoms anchored 2D metal-organic framework nanosheets (MOF-NS-M) with visualized and well-ordered mesoporous structures are fabricated and exhibit enhanced CO 2 reduction activity and selectivity with the assistance of visible-light. Encouragingly, the CO Faradaic efficiency of MOF-NS-Co exceeds 90% in a wide potential window of -0.5 to -1.0 V versus RHE and reaches 98.7% with 100 mV positive shift compared with the result measured under dark. The catalytic kinetics studies show a fast initial electron transfer to CO 2 to form *COO - , thanks to the sufficient exposed active sites resulting from the nanosheet nature and adjusted electron transfer pathway caused by the porphyrin photoswitch., (© 2020 Wiley-VCH GmbH.)