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ArticleNational science review2026

Beyond-1000 nm low-energy sunlight-driven photocatalysis enabled by quantum dot-based photon upconversion.

Lin-Han Jiang, Ming-Yu Zhang, Jia-Yao Li, Ran Li, Ying-Ze Li, Hong-Juan Feng, Weijian Sun, Xiaofei Miao, Junxue Liu, Wenbo Hu and 2 more

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Lin-Han JiangFrontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Responses, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Ming-Yu ZhangFrontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Responses, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Jia-Yao LiFrontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Responses, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Ran LiFrontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Responses, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Ying-Ze LiFrontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Responses, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Hong-Juan FengFrontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Responses, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Weijian SunTime-Tech Spectra Co., Ltd., Dalian 116085, China.
Xiaofei MiaoFrontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics and Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.
Junxue LiuTime-Tech Spectra Co., Ltd., Dalian 116085, China.
Wenbo HuFrontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics and Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.
Ling HuangFrontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Responses, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Dai-Wen PangFrontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Responses, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solar energy harvesting and conversion are pivotal to sustainable chemistry and green chemistry, yet fundamental bottlenecks persist. A key unresolved challenge is chemical transformations driven by low-energy sunlight, especially beyond 1000 nm, which is limited by insufficient absorption and low photon energy. Here, we employ PbS quantum dots (QDs) as near-infrared-II (NIR-II) absorbers and precisely modulate the CdS shell to balance the triplet exciton transfer efficiency with the triplet lifetime of the surface ligands, thereby enhancing the overall sensitization performance of the hybrid photosensitizer. Coupled with rubrene as the annihilator, a record upconversion efficiency of 3.9% was achieved under 1064 nm excitation. Furthermore, the efficient upconversion material enables unprecedented beyond-1000 nm low-energy sunlight-driven large-volume photocatalysis, applicable to both free radical polymerization and atom transfer radical polymerization. This work establishes a foundation for advanced solar energy technologies with broad implications for photocatalysis and next-generation photovoltaics.

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NIR-II photon upconversionphotochemistryquantum dotssolar energytriplet exciton transfer

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