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A coordination nanosheet composed of [Fe(tpy)2]2+ (tpy = 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine) units, showing reversible electrochromism at the ligand-based cathodic potential, has been prepared through a liquid/liquid interfacial synthesis. The noble metal-free nanosheet exhibited a CO evolution rate of 114.3 mmol·g−1·h−1 with the selectivity up to 99.3% under visible light irradiation in the presence of water, which is in the front rank of heterogeneous catalysis for CO2 photoreduction. Such robust photocatalytic performance is due to efficient ligand-based electron transfer through long-lived π radical anion tpy·− with a lifetime more than 25 min, as evidenced by in situ electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and ultraviolet–visible–near infrared (UV–vis–NIR) spectroscopy studies. Fe(II) cation in [Fe(tpy)2]2+ mainly contributes to enhancing reduction potentials of ligand and stabilizing π radical anion tpy·−. This ligand-based electron transfer with the aid of metal cation represents a promising strategy for selective CO2 photoreduction, especially towards gaining CO from CO2.

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Received: 09 January 2022
Revised: 09 February 2022
Accepted: 16 February 2022
Published: 08 April 2022
Issue date: July 2022

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© Tsinghua University Press 2022

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo (No. 202003N4077) and the Scientific Research Fund of Zhejiang Provincial Education Department (No. Y202146152).

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