Electrostatic Self‐Assembly of Nanosized Carbon Nitride Nanosheet onto a Zirconium Metal–Organic Framework for Enhanced Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

UiO‐66, a zirconium based metal–organic framework, is incorporated with nanosized carbon nitride nanosheets via a facile electrostatic self‐assembly method. This hybrid structure exhibits a large surface area and strong CO 2 capture ability due to the introduction of UiO‐66. We demonstrate that electrons from the photoexcited carbon nitride nanosheet can transfer to UiO‐66, which can substantially suppress electron–hole pair recombination in the carbon nitride nanosheet, as well as supply long‐lived electrons for the reduction of CO 2 molecules that are adsorbed in UiO‐66. As a result, the UiO‐66/carbon nitride nanosheet heterogeneous photocatalyst exhibits a much higher photocatalytic activity for the CO 2 conversion than that of bare carbon nitride nanosheets. We believe this self‐assembly method can be extended to other carbon nitride nanosheet loaded materials.