Lactic acid photosynthesis via C-C cross-coupling over atomically dispersed Ba.

Wei Wang, Yonghua Tang, ZhuiZhui Su, Huanmin Liu, You-Nian Liu, Dingguo Tang, Peng Zhou

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Wei WangSchool of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0855-9947

Yonghua TangSchool of Physics and Optoelectronics, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, China.

ZhuiZhui SuSchool of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China.

Huanmin LiuSchool of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China.

You-Nian LiuCollege of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7078-5937

Dingguo TangKey Laboratory of Catalysis and Energy Materials Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan, China.

Peng ZhouSchool of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China. pengzhou1209@pku.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8034-8282

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 22238013

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photocatalytic carbon-carbon coupling offers a route for converting plastic-derived chemicals into valuable multi-carbon products, yet uncontrolled coupling of intermediate limits efficiency and selectivity. Here, we report atomically dispersed barium species on titanium dioxide that act as frustrated Lewis pairs, enabling efficient and selective generation intermediates during the co-oxidation of ethylene glycol and methanol toward lactic acid. The barium species create interstitial states near the Fermi level, enhancing charge separation and surface redox activity. Meanwhile, barium sites promote the formation of transient •CHOHCH

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PMID42215505

DOI10.1038/s41467-026-73727-4

PMCPMC13392379

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