Constructing Dual-Functional Organic Cuboctahedron Cages with Two Different Triangular Building Units for Efficient Artificial Photosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide from Water and Oxygen

Lei Zhang; Zihao Chen; Xiao-Xin Li; Xiang Wang; Qianfeng Gu; Zongmin Zheng; Naoki Aratani; Chun-Sing Lee; Ya-Qian Lan; Qichun Zhang

doi:10.1021/jacs.5c06974

Constructing Dual-Functional Organic Cuboctahedron Cages with Two Different Triangular Building Units for Efficient Artificial Photosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide from Water and Oxygen

Lei Zhang (Co-first Author), Zihao Chen (Co-first Author), Xiao-Xin Li (Co-first Author), Xiang Wang, Qianfeng Gu, Zongmin Zheng, Naoki Aratani^*, Chun-Sing Lee^*, Ya-Qian Lan^*, Qichun Zhang^*

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Abstract

Artificial photosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) from water and oxygen is a green method, which requires catalysts that can complete oxygen reduction and water oxidation reactions simultaneously. Herein, two cases of organic cage single crystals with an exquisite Archimedean polyhedron configuration (named CityU-40 and CityU-41) through the assembly of two different triangle motifs via dative boron ← nitrogen (B ← N) bonds are reported. Both cages possess big cavities (1.5 nm) and large open windows (1 nm * 1.2 nm). Due to the integration of two photosensitive functional motifs into one cage with a short distance, both CityU-40 and CityU-41 have been demonstrated as efficient catalysts for the artificial photosynthesis of H₂O₂ from pure water and oxygen/air under ambient sunlight. © 2025 American Chemical Society.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	27847-27854
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume	147
Issue number	31
Online published	22 Jul 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c06974
Publication status	Published - 6 Aug 2025

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Q.Z. acknowledges the financial support from the City University of Hong Kong (7020148; 9239116; 9240189; 9380117; 9678403; 9680375; R-IND26401 and R-IND26402) and Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center (NPMM), Hong Kong, P. R. China. C.L. and Q.Z. thank the funding support from the Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF, ITS/322/22). Q.Z. thanks the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, 22475183), Shenzhen Science and Technology Program (JCYJ20240813153135046), and the State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Jilin University (grant sklssm202523). Y.-Q. Lan acknowledges the funding support from the National Key R&D Program of China (2023YFA1507204). N.A. acknowledges the funding support from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI Grant Number JP23K26480. X.X.L. acknowledges the funding support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (22301086).

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Zhang, L., Chen, Z., Li, X.-X., Wang, X., Gu, Q., Zheng, Z., Aratani, N., Lee, C.-S., Lan, Y.-Q., & Zhang, Q. (2025). Constructing Dual-Functional Organic Cuboctahedron Cages with Two Different Triangular Building Units for Efficient Artificial Photosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide from Water and Oxygen. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(31), 27847-27854. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c06974

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