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Outside Back Cover: Low‐Spin W III ‐Triggered Triplet Spin‐Polarized Electron Delocalization of Tungsten Oxide for Photocatalytic Reduction of Uranium (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 48/2025)

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Solar-light driven photocatalysis is a green and efficient technology to immobilize high-toxic and radioactive uranium (U). In their Research Article (e202519402), Wen Liu and co-workers designed a facet engineered WO3 nanowires with OVs confined to (110) surfaces ((110)-WO2.35) with low-spin WIII configuration. As a result, enhanced π* occupancy driven by electronic redistribution in dxz/dyz–py/pz hybrid orbitals of W elevated the conduction band, markedly boosting electron donation capability for U(VI) reduction.

Source: Angewandte Chemie International Edition

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202522635

Authors: Xudong Yang, Weiliang Sun, Long Chen, Fan Li, Tao Duan, Wen Liu

Institutions: Peking University, Johns Hopkins University, Beijing Forestry University, Southwest University of Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Environmental-friendly Energy Materials, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Subfield: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Field: Energy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4415565433

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