Solar-driven photosynthesis offers a sustainable approach to directly producing hydrogen peroxide from oxygen and water but remains inefficient owing to the low photocatalytic efficiency of reported photocatalysts. Now, a Ga–N5 atomic site on macroporous inverse-opal-type carbon nitride is introduced for the visible-light-driven photosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide with a solar-to-chemical conversion efficiency of 0.4%.
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This is a summary of: Tan, H. et al. Photocatalysis of water into hydrogen peroxide over an atomic Ga-N5 site. Nat. Synth. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-023-00272-z (2023).
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An atomic-site catalyst for converting solar energy into an industrial fuel. Nat. Synth 2, 481–482 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-023-00273-y
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