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Fang Z, Wang G, Guan C, Zhang J, Xiang Q. Reducing Dielectric Confinement Effect Enhances Carrier Separation in Two-Dimensional Hybrid Perovskite Photocatalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202411219. [PMID: 39020249 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202411219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2024] [Revised: 07/13/2024] [Accepted: 07/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/19/2024]
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Two-dimensional organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites (OIHPs) with alternating structure of the organic and inorganic layers have a natural quantum well structure. The difference of dielectric constants between organic and inorganic layers in this structure results in the enhancement of dielectric confinement effect, which exhibits a large exciton binding energy and hinders the separation of electron-hole pairs. Herein, a strategy to reduce the dielectric confinement effect by narrowing the dielectric difference between organic amine molecule and [PbBr6]4- octahedron is put forward. The Ethanolamine (EOA) contains hydroxyl groups, resulting in the positive and negative charge centers of O and H non-overlapping, which generated a larger polarity and dielectric constant. The reduced dielectric constant produces a smaller exciton binding energy (71.03 meV) of (C2H7NO)2PbBr4 ((EOA)2PbBr4) than (C8H11N)2PbBr4 ((PEA)2PbBr4 (156.07 meV), and promotes the dissociation of electrons and holes. The increasing of lifetime of photogenerated carrier in (EOA)2PbBr4 are proved by femtosecond transient absorption spectra. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations have also indicated that the small energy shift of the total density of states (DOS) between the C/H/N and the Pb/Br in (EOA)2PbBr4 favors the separation of electrons and holes. In addition, this work demonstrates the application of (PEA)2PbBr4 and (EOA)2PbBr4 in the field of photocatalytic CO2 reduction.
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- Zhaohui Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Film and Integrated Devices, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of, Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, P. R. China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Pollutant Analysis and Reuse Technology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi, 435002, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Film and Integrated Devices, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of, Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Solar Fuel, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430078, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Film and Integrated Devices, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of, Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, P. R. China
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Xie Z, Chen X, Wang W, Ke X, Zhang X, Wang S, Wu X, Yu JC, Wang X. Variation of Chemical Microenvironment of Pores in Hydrazone-Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photosynthesis of H 2O 2. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202410179. [PMID: 38953224 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202410179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2024] [Revised: 07/02/2024] [Accepted: 07/02/2024] [Indexed: 07/03/2024]
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Photocatalytic synthesis of H2O2 is an advantageous and ecologically sustainable alternative to the conventional anthraquinone process. However, achieving high conversion efficiency without sacrificial agents remains a challenge. In this study, two covalent organic frameworks (COF-O and COF-C) were prepared with identical skeletal structures but with their pore walls anchored to different alkyl chains. They were used to investigate the effect of the chemical microenvironment of pores on photocatalytic H2O2 production. Experimental results reveal a change of hydrophilicity in COF-O, leading to suppressed charge recombination, diminished charge transfer resistance, and accelerated interfacial electron transfer. An apparent quantum yield as high as 10.3 % (λ=420 nm) can be achieved with H2O and O2 through oxygen reduction reaction. This is among the highest ever reported for polymer photocatalysts. This study may provide a novel avenue for optimizing photocatalytic activity and selectivity in H2O2 generation.
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- Zhipeng Xie
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, Fujian, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, Fujian, P. R. China
- Sino-UK International Joint Laboratory on Photocatalysis for Clean Energy and Advanced Chemicals & Materials, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, Fujian, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, Fujian, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, Fujian, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, Fujian, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, Fujian, P. R. China
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- Sino-UK International Joint Laboratory on Photocatalysis for Clean Energy and Advanced Chemicals & Materials, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, Fujian, P. R. China
- Materials Innovation Factory, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, 999077, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, Fujian, P. R. China
- Sino-UK International Joint Laboratory on Photocatalysis for Clean Energy and Advanced Chemicals & Materials, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, Fujian, P. R. China
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Huang F, Ma J, Nie J, Xu B, Huang X, Lu G, Winnik MA, Feng C. A Versatile Strategy toward Donor-Acceptor Nanofibers with Tunable Length/Composition and Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:25137-25150. [PMID: 39207218 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c08415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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Living crystallization-driven self-assembly (CDSA) has emerged as an efficient strategy to generate nanofibers of π-conjugated polymers (CPNFs) in a controlled fashion. However, reports of donor-acceptor (D-A) heterojunction CPNFs are extremely rare. The preparation of these materials remains a challenge due to the lack of rational design guidelines for the D-A π-conjugated units. Herein, we report a versatile CDSA strategy based upon carefully designed D-A-co-oligomers in which electron-deficient benzothiadiazole (BT) or dibenzo[b,d]thiophene 5,5-dioxide (FSO) units are attached to the two ends of an oligo(p-phenylene ethynylene) heptamer [BT-OPE7-BT, FSO-OPE7-FSO]. This arrangement with the electron-deficient groups at the two ends of the oligomer enhances the stacking interaction of the A-D-A π-conjugated structure. In contrast, D-A-D structures with a single BT in the middle of a string of OPE units disrupt the packing. We employed oligomers with a terminal alkyne to synthesize diblock copolymers BT-OPE7-BT-b-P2VP and BT-OPE7-BT-b-PNIPAM (P2VP = poly(2-vinylpyridine), PNIPAM = poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)) and FSO-OPE7-FSO-b-P2VP and FSO-OPE7-FSO-b-PNIPAM. CDSA experiments with these copolymers in ethanol were able to generate CPNFs of controlled length by both self-seeding and seeded growth as well as block comicelles with precisely tunable length and composition. Furthermore, the D-A CPNFs with a BT-OPE7-BT-based core demonstrate photocatalytic activity for the photooxidation of sulfide to sulfoxide and benzylamine to N-benzylidenebenzylamine. Given the scope of the oligomer compositions examined and the range of structures formed, we believe that the living CDSA strategy with D-A-based co-oligomers opens future opportunities for the creation of D-A CPNFs with programmable architectures as well as diverse functionalities and applications.
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- Fengfeng Huang
- Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemistry and Advanced Materials, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemistry and Advanced Materials, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemistry and Advanced Materials, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemistry and Advanced Materials, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemistry and Advanced Materials, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E2, Canada
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- Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemistry and Advanced Materials, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China
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Li G, Qiu T, Wu Q, Zhao Z, Wang L, Li Y, Geng Y, Tan H. Pyrene-Alkyne-Based Conjugated Porous Polymers with Skeleton Distortion-Mediated ⋅O 2 - and 1O 2 Generation for High-Selectivity Organic Photosynthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202405396. [PMID: 38818672 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202405396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2024] [Revised: 05/28/2024] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a crucial role in determining photocatalytic reaction pathways, intermediate species, and product selectivity. However, research on ROS regulation in polymer photocatalysts is still in its early stages. Herein, we successfully achieved series of modulations to the skeleton of Pyrene-alkyne-based (Tetraethynylpyrene (TEPY)) conjugated porous polymers (CPPs) by altering the linkers (1,4-dibromobenzene (BE), 4,4'-dibromobiphenyl (IP), and 3,3'-dibromobiphenyl (BP)). Experiments combined with theoretical calculations indicate that BE-TEPY exhibits a planar structure with minimal exciton binding energy, which favors exciton dissociation followed by charge transfer with adsorbed O2 to produce ⋅O2 -. Thus BE-TEPY shows optimal photocatalytic activity for phenylboronic acid oxidation and [3+2] cycloaddition. Conversely, the skeleton of BP-TEPY is significantly distorted. Its planar conjugation decreases, intersystem crossing (ISC) efficiency increases, which makes it more prone for resonance energy transfer to generate 1O2. Therefore, BP-TEPY displays best photocatalytic activity in [4+2] cycloaddition and thioanisole oxidation. Both above reactant conversion and its product selectivity exceed 99 %. This work systematically reveals the intrinsic structure-activity relationship among the skeleton structure of CPPs, excitonic behavior, and selective generation of ROS, providing new insights for the rational design of highly efficient and selective CPPs photocatalysts.
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- Guobang Li
- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education Faculty of Chemistry, Faculty of Physics, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education Faculty of Chemistry, Faculty of Physics, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education Faculty of Chemistry, Faculty of Physics, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education Faculty of Chemistry, Faculty of Physics, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education Faculty of Chemistry, Faculty of Physics, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education Faculty of Chemistry, Faculty of Physics, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education Faculty of Chemistry, Faculty of Physics, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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Lyons RJ, Sprick RS. Processing polymer photocatalysts for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2024; 11:3764-3791. [PMID: 38895815 DOI: 10.1039/d4mh00482e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Conjugated materials have emerged as competitive photocatalysts for the production of sustainable hydrogen from water over the last decade. Interest in these polymer photocatalysts stems from the relative ease to tune their electronic properties through molecular engineering, and their potentially low cost. However, most polymer photocatalysts have only been utilised in rudimentary suspension-based photocatalytic reactors, which are not scalable as these systems can suffer from significant optical losses and often require constant agitation to maintain the suspension. Here, we will explore research performed to utilise polymeric photocatalysts in more sophisticated systems, such as films or as nanoparticulate suspensions, which can enhance photocatalytic performance or act as a demonstration of how the polymer can be scaled for real-world applications. We will also discuss how the systems were prepared and consider both the benefits and drawbacks of each system before concluding with an outlook on the field of processable polymer photocatalysts.
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- Richard Jack Lyons
- Department of Chemistry and Materials Innovation Factory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L7 3NY, UK
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Qin Y, She P, Wang Y, Wong WY. An All-In-One Integrating Strategy for Designing Platinum(II)-Based Supramolecular Polymers for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2400259. [PMID: 38624171 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202400259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Revised: 04/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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Organic polymer photocatalysts have achieved significant progress in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, while developing the integrated organic polymers possessing the functions of photosensitizer, electron transfer mediator, and catalyst simultaneously is urgently needed and presents a great challenge. Considering that chalcogenoviologens are able to act as photosensitizers and electron-transfer mediators, a series of chalcogenoviologen-containing platinum(II)-based supramolecular polymers is designed, which exhibited strong visible light-absorbing ability and suitable bandgap for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution without the use of a cocatalyst. The hydrogen evolution rate (HER) increases steadily with the decrease in an optical gap of the polymer. Among these "all-in-one" polymers, Se-containing 2D porous polymer exhibited the best photocatalytic performance with a HER of 3.09 mmol g-1 h-1 under visible light (>420 nm) irradiation. Experimental and theoretical calculations reveal that the distinct intramolecular charge transfer characteristics and heteroatom N in terpyridine unit promote charge separation and transfer within the molecules. This work could provide new insights into the design of metallo-supramolecular polymers with finely tuned components for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water.
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- Yanyan Qin
- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology and Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, P. R. China
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology and Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, P. R. China
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology and Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, P. R. China
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology and Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, P. R. China
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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Xu H, Xia S, Li C, Li Y, Xing W, Jiang Y, Chen X. Programming Tetrathiafulvalene-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks for Promoted Photoinduced Molecular Oxygen Activation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202405476. [PMID: 38706228 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202405476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2024] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/05/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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Despite the pivotal role of molecular oxygen (O2) activation in artificial photosynthesis, the activation efficiency is often restricted by sluggish exciton dissociation and charge transfer kinetics within polymer photocatalysts. Herein, we propose two tetrathiafulvalene (TTF)-based imine-linked covalent organic frameworks (COFs) with tailored donor-acceptor (D-A) structures, TTF-PDI-COF and TTF-TFPP-COF, to promote O2 activation. Because of enhanced electron push-pull interactions that facilitated charge separation and transfer behavior, TTF-PDI-COF exhibited superior photocatalytic activity in electron-induced O2 activation reactions over TTF-TFPP-COF under visible light irradiation, including the photosynthesis of (E)-3-amino-2-thiocyano-α,β-unsaturated compounds and H2O2. These findings highlight the significant potential of the rational design of COFs with D-A configurations as suitable candidates for advanced photocatalytic applications.
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- Hetao Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Synthesis and Function Discovery College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Synthesis and Function Discovery College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Synthesis and Function Discovery College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Synthesis and Function Discovery College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Synthesis and Function Discovery College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Synthesis and Function Discovery College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China
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Yu H, Zhang F, Chen Q, Zhou PK, Xing W, Wang S, Zhang G, Jiang Y, Chen X. Vinyl-Group-Anchored Covalent Organic Framework for Promoting the Photocatalytic Generation of Hydrogen Peroxide. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202402297. [PMID: 38488772 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202402297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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The artificial photosynthesis of H2O2 from water and oxygen using semiconductor photocatalysts is attracting increasing levels of attention owing to its green, environmentally friendly, and energy-saving characteristics. Although covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are promising materials for promoting photocatalytic H2O2 production owing to their structural and functional diversity, they typically suffer from low charge-generation and -transfer efficiencies as well as rapid charge recombination, which restricts their use as catalysts for photocatalytic H2O2 production. Herein, we report a strategy for anchoring vinyl moieties to a COF skeleton to facilitate charge separation and migration, thereby promoting photocatalytic H2O2 generation. This vinyl-group-bearing COF photocatalyst exhibits a H2O2-production rate of 84.5 μmol h-1 (per 10 mg), which is ten-times higher than that of the analog devoid of vinyl functionality and superior to most reported COF photocatalysts. Both experimental and theoretical studies provide deep insight into the origin of the improved photocatalytic performance. These findings are expected to facilitate the rational design and modification of organic semiconductors for use in photocatalytic applications.
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- Hong Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Synthesis and Function Discovery, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Synthesis and Function Discovery, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Synthesis and Function Discovery, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Synthesis and Function Discovery, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Synthesis and Function Discovery, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Synthesis and Function Discovery, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Synthesis and Function Discovery, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Synthesis and Function Discovery, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China
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Wang Y, Zhu Y, Chen Z, Yang X, Zhang R, Wang H, Yang Y. Molecule and Microstructure Modulations of Cyano-Containing Electrodes for High-Performance Fully Organic Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202401253. [PMID: 38491764 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202401253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2024] [Revised: 03/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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Cyano-containing electrodes usually promise high theoretical potentials while suffering from uncontrollable self-dissolution and sluggish reaction kinetics. Herein, to remedy their limitations, an unprecedented core-shell heterostructured electrode of carbon nanotubes encapsulated in poly(1,4-dicyanoperfluorobenzene sulfide) (CNT@PFDCB) is rationally crafted via molecule and microstructure modulations. Specifically, the linkage of sulfide bridges of PFDCB prevents the active cyano groups from dissolving, resulting in a robust structure. The fluorinations modulate the electronic configurations in frontier orbitals, allowing higher electrical conductivity and elevated output voltage. Combined with the core-shell architecture to unlock the sluggish diffusion kinetics for both electrons and guest ions, the CNT@PFDCB exhibits an impressive capacity (203.5 mAh g-1), remarkable rate ability (127.6 mAh g-1 at 3.0 A g-1), and exceptional cycling stability (retaining 81.1 % capacity after 3000 cycles at 1.0 A g-1). Additionally, the Li-storage mechanisms regarding PFDCB are thoroughly revealed by in situ attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy, in situ Raman spectroscopy, and theoretical simulations, which involve the coordination interaction between Li ions and cyano groups and the electron delocalization along the conjugated skeleton. More importantly, a practical fully organic cell based on the CNT@PFDCB is well-validated that demonstrates a tremendous potential of cyanopolymer as the cathode to replace its inorganic counterparts.
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- Yonglin Wang
- State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, China
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- College of Science, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang, 110135, China
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- College of Science, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang, 110135, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education and Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, China
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Yan H, Peng Y, Huang Y, Shen M, Wei X, Zou W, Tong Q, Zhou N, Xu J, Zhang Y, Ye YX, Ouyang G. Enhancing Photosynthesis Efficiency of Hydrogen Peroxide by Modulating Side Chains to Facilitate Water Oxidation at Low-Energy Barrier Sites. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2311535. [PMID: 38278520 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202311535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
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Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a crucial oxidant in advanced oxidation processes. In situ, photosynthesis of it in natural water holds the promise of practical application for water remediation. However, current photosynthesis of H2O2 systems primarily relies on oxygen reduction, leading to limited performance in natural water with low dissolved oxygen or anaerobic conditions found in polluted water. Herein, a novel photocatalyst based on conjugated polymers with alternating electron donor-acceptor structures and electron-withdrawing side chains on electron donors is introduced. Specifically, carbazole functions as the electron donor, triazine serves as the electron acceptor, and cyano acts as the electron-withdrawing side chain. Notably, the photocatalyst exhibits a remarkable solar-to-chemical conversion of 0.64%, the highest reported in natural water. Furthermore, even in anaerobic conditions, it achieves an impressive H2O2 photosynthetic efficiency of 1365 µmol g-1 h-1, surpassing all the reported photosynthetic systems of H2O2. This remarkable improvement is attributed to the effective relocation of the water oxidation active site from a high-energy carbazole to a low-energy acetylene site mediated by the side chains, resulting in enhanced O2 or H2O2 generation from water. This breakthrough offers a new avenue for efficient water remediation using advanced oxidation technologies in oxygen-limited environments, holding significant implications for environmental restoration.
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- Huijie Yan
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, IGCME, Sun Yat-sen University and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Zhuhai, 519082, China
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- Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Advanced Carbon-based Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Institute of Science and Technology, Yueyang, 414006, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, LIFM, School of Chemistry, IGCME, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, LIFM, School of Chemistry, IGCME, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Center of Modern Analysis, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Advanced Carbon-based Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Institute of Science and Technology, Yueyang, 414006, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, LIFM, School of Chemistry, IGCME, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Advanced Carbon-based Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Institute of Science and Technology, Yueyang, 414006, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, IGCME, Sun Yat-sen University and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Zhuhai, 519082, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, IGCME, Sun Yat-sen University and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Zhuhai, 519082, China
- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, LIFM, School of Chemistry, IGCME, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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Cao L, Wang C, Wang H, Xu X, Tao X, Tan H, Zhu G. Rationally Designed Cyclooctatetrathiophene-Based Porous Aromatic Frameworks (COTh-PAFs) for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202402095. [PMID: 38450907 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202402095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2024] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Constructing stable and efficient photocatalysts for H2O2 production is of great importance and is challenging. In this study, the synthesis of three photoactive cyclooctatetrathiophene (COTh)-based porous aromatic frameworks (COTh-PAFs) in an alternating donor-acceptor (D-A) fashion is presented. In combination with a triazine-derived electron acceptor, PAF-363 exhibits high efficiency for the photosynthesis of H2O2 with production rates of 11733 μmol g-1 h-1(with sacrificial agent) and 3930 μmol g-1 h-1 (without sacrificial agent) from water and oxygen under visible light irradiation. Experimental results and theoretical calculations reveal that the charge transfer positions and the O2 adsorption sites in PAF-363 are both concentrated on COTh fragments, which facilitate the H2O2 production through the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) pathway. This work highlights that the rational design of COTh-PAFs with consideration of D-A direction, charge transfer positions, and O2 adsorption sites provides a feasible access to efficient H2O2 production photocatalysts.
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- Linzhu Cao
- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry Education, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, 130022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry Education, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry Education, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry Education, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry Education, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry Education, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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Yang X, Fu Y, Liu M, Zheng S, Li X, Xu Q, Zeng G. Solvent Effects on Metal-free Covalent Organic Frameworks in Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202319247. [PMID: 38381931 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202319247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 02/04/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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Binding water molecules to polar sites in covalent organic frameworks (COFs) is inevitable, but the corresponding solvent effects in electrocatalytic process have been largely overlooked. Herein, we investigate the solvent effects on COFs for catalyzing the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Our designed COFs incorporated different kinds of nitrogen atoms (imine N, pyridine N, and phenazine N), enabling tunable interactions with water molecules. These interactions play a crucial role in modulating electronic states and altering the catalytic centers within the COFs. Among the synthesized COFs, the one with pyridine N atoms exhibits the highest activity, with characterized by a half-wave potential of 0.78 V and a mass activity of 0.32 A mg-1, which surpass those from other metal-free COFs. Theoretical calculations further reveal that the enhanced activity can be attributed to the stronger binding ability of *OOH intermediates to the carbon atoms adjacent to the pyridine N sites. This work sheds light on the significance of considering solvent effects on COFs in electrocatalytic systems, providing valuable insights into their design and optimization for improved performance.
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- Xiubei Yang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) & Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, 01062, Germany
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Lin Z, Liu S, Weng W, Wang C, Guo J. Photostimulated Covalent Linkage Transformation Isomerizing Covalent Organic Frameworks for Improved Photocatalytic Performances. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2307138. [PMID: 37875766 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202307138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2023] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
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Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) offer a desirable platform to explore multichoromophoric arrays for photocatalytic conversion. Symmetric arrangement of choromophoric modules over π-extended frameworks enhances exciton delocalization while impairing excitation density and accordingly photochemical reactivity. Herein, a photoisomerization-driven strategy is proposed to break the excited-state symmetry of ketoenamine-linked COFs with multichoromophoric arrays. Incorporating electron-withdrawing benzothiadiazole facilitates the ultrafast excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) from enamine to keto within 140 fs, resulting in partially enolized COF isomers. The hybrid linkages containing imine and enamine bonds at the node of framework alter the symmetry of electronic structure and enforce the photoinduced charge separation. Increasing the imine-to-enamine ratio further promotes the electron transferred number in a long range, thereby affording the optimum photocatalytic hydrogen evolution rate. This work put forward an ESIPT-induced photoisomerization to build a symmetry-breaking COF with weakened exciton effect and enhanced photochemical reactivity.
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- Zheng Lin
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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Yang X, An Q, Li X, Fu Y, Yang S, Liu M, Xu Q, Zeng G. Charging modulation of the pyridine nitrogen of covalent organic frameworks for promoting oxygen reduction reaction. Nat Commun 2024; 15:1889. [PMID: 38424127 PMCID: PMC10904383 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46291-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are ideal templates for constructing metal-free catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction due to their highly tuneable skeletons and controllable porous channels. However, the development of highly active sites within COFs remains challenging due to their limited electron-transfer capabilities and weak binding affinities for reaction intermediates. Herein, we constructed highly active catalytic centres by modulating the electronic states of the pyridine nitrogen atoms incorporated into the frameworks of COFs. By incorporating different pyridine units (such as pyridine, ionic pyridine, and ionic imidazole units), we tuned various properties including dipole moments, reductive ability, hydrophilicity, and binding affinities towards reaction intermediates. Notably, the ionic imidazole COF (im-PY-BPY-COF) exhibited greater activity than the neutral COF (PY-BPY-COF) and ionic pyridine COF (ion-PY-BPY-COF). Specifically, im-PY-BPY-COF demonstrated a half-wave potential of 0.80 V in 0.1 M KOH, outperforming other metal-free COFs. Theoretical calculations and in situ synchrotron radiation Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy confirmed that the carbon atoms in the ionic imidazole rings improved the activity by facilitating binding of the intermediate OOH* and promoting the desorption of OH*. This study provides new insights into the design of highly active metal-like COF catalysts.
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- Xiubei Yang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Shanghai, Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Hefei, 230029, P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Shanghai, Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) & Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden Dresden, Dresden, 01062, Germany.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Shanghai, Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Shanghai, Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Shanghai, Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China.
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Shanghai, Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China.
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.
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Zou L, Chen ZA, Si DH, Yang SL, Gao WQ, Wang K, Huang YB, Cao R. Boosting CO 2 Photoreduction via Regulating Charge Transfer Ability in a One-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202309820. [PMID: 37768737 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202309820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D) imine-based covalent organic frameworks (COFs) hold potential for photocatalytic CO2 reduction. However, high energy barrier of imine linkage impede the in-plane photoelectron transfer process, resulting in inadequate efficiency of CO2 photoreduction. Herein, we present a dimensionality induced local electronic modulation strategy through the construction of one-dimensional (1D) pyrene-based covalent organic frameworks (PyTTA-COF). The dual-chain-like edge architectures of 1D PyTTA-COF enable the stabilization of aromatic backbones, thus reducing energy loss during exciton dissociation and thermal relaxation, which provides energetic photoelectron to traverse the energy barrier of imine linkages. As a result, the 1D PyTTA-COF exhibits significantly enhanced CO2 photoreduction activity under visible-light irradiation when coordinated with metal cobalt ion, yielding a remarkable CO evolution of 1003 μmol g-1 over an 8-hour period, which surpasses that of the corresponding 2D counterpart by a factor of 59. These findings present a valuable approach to address in-plane charge transfer limitations in imine-based COFs.
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- Lei Zou
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 350002, Fujian, Fuzhou, P. R. China
- Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, 350108, Fuzhou, Fujian, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 350002, Fujian, Fuzhou, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 350002, Fujian, Fuzhou, P. R. China
- Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, 350108, Fuzhou, Fujian, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 350002, Fujian, Fuzhou, P. R. China
- Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, 350108, Fuzhou, Fujian, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 350002, Fujian, Fuzhou, P. R. China
- Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, 350108, Fuzhou, Fujian, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 350002, Fujian, Fuzhou, P. R. China
- Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, 350108, Fuzhou, Fujian, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, P. R. China
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Wang S, Xie Z, Zhu D, Fu S, Wu Y, Yu H, Lu C, Zhou P, Bonn M, Wang HI, Liao Q, Xu H, Chen X, Gu C. Efficient photocatalytic production of hydrogen peroxide using dispersible and photoactive porous polymers. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6891. [PMID: 37898686 PMCID: PMC10613291 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42720-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/30/2023] Open
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Developing efficient artificial photocatalysts for the biomimetic photocatalytic production of molecular materials, including medicines and clean energy carriers, remains a fundamentally and technologically essential challenge. Hydrogen peroxide is widely used in chemical synthesis, medical disinfection, and clean energy. However, the current industrial production, predominantly by anthraquinone oxidation, suffers from hefty energy penalties and toxic byproducts. Herein, we report the efficient photocatalytic production of hydrogen peroxide by protonation-induced dispersible porous polymers with good charge-carrier transport properties. Significant photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide generation occurs under ambient conditions at an unprecedented rate of 23.7 mmol g-1 h-1 and an apparent quantum efficiency of 11.3% at 450 nm. Combined simulations and spectroscopies indicate that sub-picosecond ultrafast electron "localization" from both free carriers and exciton states at the catalytic reaction centers underlie the remarkable photocatalytic performance of the dispersible porous polymers.
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- Shengdong Wang
- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, 610065, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, 510640, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, 350116, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55122, Mainz, Germany
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Optical Materials and Photonic Devices, Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, 100048, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, 350116, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, 510640, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, 350116, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55122, Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55122, Mainz, Germany
- Nanophotonics, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 1, 3584 CC, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Optical Materials and Photonic Devices, Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, 100048, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, 350116, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, 610065, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
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Qin N, Mao A, Li L, Lin C, Zhai L, Liu J, Zou J, Cui CX, Mi L. Rational Design of Vinylene-Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks for Modulating Photocatalytic H 2 Evolution. CHEMSUSCHEM 2023; 16:e202300872. [PMID: 37466030 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202300872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
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Vinylene-linked covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have attracted enormous attention for photocatalytic H2 evolution from water because of their fully conjugated structures, high chemical stabilities, and enhanced charge-carrier mobilities. In this work, two novel vinylene-linked COFs with tuned cyano contents were successfully synthesized and then employed as photocatalysts for H2 generation. Notably, the photocatalytic H2 production rate of the COF with the higher cyano content reached 73 μmol h-1 under visible light irradiation, which is 2.4 times higher than that with the lower content (30 μmol h-1 ). Both the experimental and computational results demonstrated that the rational design incorporating cyano groups into COF skeletons could precisely tune the corresponding energy levels, expand the visible-light absorption, and improve the photoinduced charge separation. This work not only provides a simple method for modulating the photocatalytic activities of COFs at the molecular level, but also affords interesting insights into the relationship between their structures and photocatalytic performance.
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- Na Qin
- Henan Key Laboratory of Functional Salt Materials, Center for Advanced Materials Research, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450007, P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Functional Salt Materials, Center for Advanced Materials Research, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450007, P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Functional Salt Materials, Center for Advanced Materials Research, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450007, P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Functional Salt Materials, Center for Advanced Materials Research, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450007, P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Functional Salt Materials, Center for Advanced Materials Research, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450007, P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Functional Salt Materials, Center for Advanced Materials Research, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450007, P. R. China
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- Institute of Energy Research, Jiangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanchang, 330029, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, 453003, P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Functional Salt Materials, Center for Advanced Materials Research, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450007, P. R. China
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He T, Zhang Y, Zhang H, Zhao J, Shi H, Yang H, Yang P. Aggregation-Induced Structural Symmetry Breaking Promotes Charge Separation for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production. CHEMSUSCHEM 2023; 16:e202300500. [PMID: 37078981 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202300500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Recently, organic semiconductors have received much attention in the field of photocatalysis due to their tunable physicochemical properties. However, organic semiconductor photocatalysts typically suffer from severe charge recombination due to high exciton binding energy. Herein, we found that aggregation of pyrene results in a red-shift of the light absorption from UV to visible light region. Importantly, the aggregation can induce dipole polarization by spontaneous structural symmetry breaking, thus significantly accelerating the separation and transfer of charge carriers. As a result, the pyrene aggregates display enhanced hydrogen photosynthesis activity. Furthermore, the noncovalent interactions allow rational design of physicochemical and electronic properties of pyrene aggregates, further strengthening the charge separation and photocatalytic activity of aggregates. The quantum yield of pyrene aggregates for hydrogen production highly reaches 20.77 % at 400 nm. Moreover, we have also observed pyrene analogues (1-hydroxypyrene, 1-nitropyrene and perylene) after aggregation all display large dipole moments induced by structural symmetry breaking and therefore accelerate the separation of charge carriers, confirming its general principle. This work highlights the achievement of using aggregation-induced structural symmetry breaking to enable the separation and transfer of charge carriers.
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- Tian He
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, P. R. China
- Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, P. R. China
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Xia Y, Zhu B, Li L, Ho W, Wu J, Chen H, Yu J. Single-Atom Engineering of Covalent Organic Framework for Photocatalytic H 2 Production Coupled with Benzylamine Oxidation. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2301928. [PMID: 37104825 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202301928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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In photocatalysis, reducing the exciton binding energy and boosting the conversion of excitons into free charge carriers are vital to enhance photocatalytic activity. This work presents a facile strategy of engineering Pt single atoms on a 2D hydrazone-based covalent organic framework (TCOF) to promote H2 production coupled with selective oxidation of benzylamine. The optimised TCOF-Pt SA photocatalyst with 3 wt% Pt single atom exhibited superior performance to TCOF and TCOF-supported Pt nanoparticle catalysts. The production rates of H2 and N-benzylidenebenzylamine over TCOF-Pt SA3 are 12.6 and 10.9 times higher than those over TCOF, respectively. Empirical characterisation and theoretical simulation showed that the atomically dispersed Pt is stabilised on the TCOF support through the coordinated N1 -Pt-C2 sites, thereby induing the local polarization and improving the dielectric constant to reach the low exciton binding energy. These phenomena led to the promotion of exciton dissociation into electrons and holes and the acceleration of the separation and transport of photoexcited charge carriers from bulk to the surface. This work provides new insights into the regulation of exciton effect for the design of advanced polymer photocatalysts.
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- Yang Xia
- Department of Science and Environmental Studies and the Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD), The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Laboratory of Solar Fuel, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-materials Advanced Technology, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, New Campus, Minhou, Fujian, 350108, China
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- Department of Science and Environmental Studies and the Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD), The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Laboratory of Solar Fuel, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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Zhang H, Wei W, Zhang KAI. Emerging conjugated polymers for heterogeneous photocatalytic chemical transformation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023. [PMID: 37416940 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc02081a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/08/2023]
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In recent decades, the efficient utilization of solar energy through heterogeneous photocatalytic chemical transformation has attracted much attention. As emerging metal-free, pure organic and heterogeneous photocatalysts, π-conjugated polymers (CPs) have been used in visible-light-driven chemical transformations due to their stability, high specific surface area, metal-free nature, and high structural designability. In this review, we summarize the synthesis protocols and design strategies for efficient CP-based photocatalysts based on the photocatalytic mechanisms. Then we highlight the key progress in light-driven chemical transformation using CPs developed by our group. Finally, we present the outlook and possible challenges for future progress of the field.
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- Hao Zhang
- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Songhu Road 2005, Shanghai 200438, P. R. China.
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- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Songhu Road 2005, Shanghai 200438, P. R. China.
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- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Songhu Road 2005, Shanghai 200438, P. R. China.
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Xiao Y, Yao B, Cao M, Wang Y. Super-Photothermal Effect-Mediated Fast Reaction Kinetic in S-Scheme Organic/Inorganic Heterojunction Hollow Spheres Toward Optimized Photocatalytic Performance. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2207499. [PMID: 36896995 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202207499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Using full solar spectrum for energy conversion and environmental remediation is a major challenge, and solar-driven photothermal chemistry is a promising route to achieve this goal. Herein, this work reports a photothermal nano-constrained reactor based on hollow structured g-C3 N4 @ZnIn2 S4 core-shell S-scheme heterojunction, where the synergistic effect of super-photothermal effect and S-scheme heterostructure significantly improve the photocatalytic performance of g-C3 N4 . The formation mechanism of g-C3 N4 @ZnIn2 S4 is predicted in advance by theoretical calculations and advanced techniques, and the super-photothermal effect of g-C3 N4 @ZnIn2 S4 and its contribution to the near-field chemical reaction is confirmed by numerical simulations and infrared thermography. Consequently, the photocatalytic degradation rate of g-C3 N4 @ZnIn2 S4 for tetracycline hydrochloride is 99.3%, and the photocatalytic hydrogen production is up to 4075.65 µmol h-1 g-1 , which are 6.94 and 30.87 times those of pure g-C3 N4 , respectively. The combination of S-scheme heterojunction and thermal synergism provides a promising insight for the design of an efficient photocatalytic reaction platform.
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- Yawei Xiao
- National Center for International Research on Photoelectric and Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 6500504, P. R. China
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- National Center for International Research on Photoelectric and Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 6500504, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- National Center for International Research on Photoelectric and Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 6500504, P. R. China
- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Carbon Neutrality and Green Low-carbon Technologies, Yunnan University, Kunming, 6500504, P. R. China
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Qian Y, Han Y, Zhang X, Yang G, Zhang G, Jiang HL. Computation-based regulation of excitonic effects in donor-acceptor covalent organic frameworks for enhanced photocatalysis. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3083. [PMID: 37248231 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38884-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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The strong excitonic effects widely exist in polymer-semiconductors and the large exciton binding energy (Eb) seriously limits their photocatalysis. Herein, density functional theory (DFT) calculations are conducted to assess band alignment and charge transfer feature of potential donor-acceptor (D-A) covalent organic frameworks (COFs), using 1,3,5-tris(4-aminophenyl)triazine (TAPT) or 1,3,5-tris(4-aminophenyl)benzene (TAPB) as acceptors and tereph-thaldehydes functionalized diverse groups as donors. Given the discernable D-A interaction strengths in the D-A pairs, their Eb can be systematically regulated with minimum Eb in TAPT-OMe. Guided by these results, the corresponding D-A COFs are synthesized, where TAPT-OMe-COF possesses the best activity in photocatalytic H2 production and the activity trend of other COFs is associated with that of calculated Eb for the D-A pairs. In addition, further alkyne cycloaddition for the imine linkage in the COFs greatly improves the stability and the resulting TAPT-OMe-alkyne-COF with a substantially smaller Eb exhibits ~20 times higher activity than the parent COF.
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- Yunyang Qian
- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China.
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Yan G, Sun X, Zhang Y, Li H, Huang H, Jia B, Su D, Ma T. Metal-Free 2D/2D van der Waals Heterojunction Based on Covalent Organic Frameworks for Highly Efficient Solar Energy Catalysis. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2023; 15:132. [PMID: 37211571 PMCID: PMC10200743 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01100-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have emerged as a kind of rising star materials in photocatalysis. However, their photocatalytic activities are restricted by the high photogenerated electron-hole pairs recombination rate. Herein, a novel metal-free 2D/2D van der Waals heterojunction, composed of a two-dimensional (2D) COF with ketoenamine linkage (TpPa-1-COF) and 2D defective hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), is successfully constructed through in situ solvothermal method. Benefitting from the presence of VDW heterojunction, larger contact area and intimate electronic coupling can be formed between the interface of TpPa-1-COF and defective h-BN, which make contributions to promoting charge carriers separation. The introduced defects can also endow the h-BN with porous structure, thus providing more reactive sites. Moreover, the TpPa-1-COF will undergo a structural transformation after being integrated with defective h-BN, which can enlarge the gap between the conduction band position of the h-BN and TpPa-1-COF, and suppress electron backflow, corroborated by experimental and density functional theory calculations results. Accordingly, the resulting porous h-BN/TpPa-1-COF metal-free VDW heterojunction displays outstanding solar energy catalytic activity for water splitting without co-catalysts, and the H2 evolution rate can reach up to 3.15 mmol g-1 h-1, which is about 67 times greater than that of pristine TpPa-1-COF, also surpassing that of state-of-the-art metal-free-based photocatalysts reported to date. In particular, it is the first work for constructing COFs-based heterojunctions with the help of h-BN, which may provide new avenue for designing highly efficient metal-free-based photocatalysts for H2 evolution.
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- Ge Yan
- Institute of Clean Energy Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Green Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry of Adv. Mater., College of Chemistry, Liaoning University, Shenyang, 110036, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Clean Energy Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Green Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry of Adv. Mater., College of Chemistry, Liaoning University, Shenyang, 110036, People's Republic of China.
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- Institute of Clean Energy Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Green Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry of Adv. Mater., College of Chemistry, Liaoning University, Shenyang, 110036, People's Republic of China
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- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Materials Utilization of Nonmetallic Minerals and Solid Wastes, National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, People's Republic of China
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- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- Faculty of Science, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia.
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- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia.
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Zhao Y, Gao J, Yang Z, Li L, Cui J, Zhang P, Hu C, Diao C, Choi W. Efficient Exciton Dissociation in Ionically Interacted Methyl Viologen and Polymeric Carbon Nitride for Superior H 2O 2 Photoproduction. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c06359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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- Yubao Zhao
- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education & Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Guangzhou University, 510006 Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education & Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Guangzhou University, 510006 Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education & Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Guangzhou University, 510006 Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education & Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Guangzhou University, 510006 Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education & Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Guangzhou University, 510006 Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education & Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Guangzhou University, 510006 Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education & Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Guangzhou University, 510006 Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Singapore Synchrotron Light Source, National University of Singapore, 117603 Singapore, Singapore
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- KENTECH Institute for Environmental and Climate Technology, Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH), 58330 Naju, Korea
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Chi X, Chen Q, Lan ZA, Zhang X, Chen X, Wang X. Structure-Property Relationship of Cyano-Functionalized Conjugated Polymers for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202202734. [PMID: 36173922 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Conjugated polymers (CPs) have garnered increasing attention in the field of photocatalysis due to their stability and molecular tunability. Understanding the structure-property relationship in CPs and addressing appropriate molecular design strategies are pivotal to improving the photocatalytic performance of CPs. Herein, a new efficient cyano (CN) engineering approach was proposed to promote the photocatalytic performance of CPs, and three representative CP-based photocatalysts with different CN contents were tailor-made to investigate the relationship between CN functionalization and photocatalytic activity. A series of systematically experimental and theoretical studies reveal that CN functionalization contributes to strengthening the donor-acceptor (D-A) interaction, enhancing the light absorption ability, charge separation/transfer efficiency, and hydrophilicity of CPs, and also facilitating the output of separated photoinduced electrons from CPs to Pt cocatalyst. Thus, the dicyano-functionalized polymer (P-2CN) manifests an attractive photocatalytic performance in hydrogen production. This study provides a facile strategy to develop excellent CP-based photocatalysts for solar fuel production.
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- Xu Chi
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, 350108, Fuzhou, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, 350108, Fuzhou, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, 350108, Fuzhou, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, 350108, Fuzhou, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, 350108, Fuzhou, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, 350108, Fuzhou, P. R. China
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Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A by a novel donor–acceptor g-C3N4: π-π interactions boosting the adsorption and electron transfer behaviors. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Luo LW, Ma W, Dong P, Huang X, Yan C, Han C, Zheng P, Zhang C, Jiang JX. Synthetic Control of Electronic Property and Porosity in Anthraquinone-Based Conjugated Polymer Cathodes for High-Rate and Long-Cycle-Life Na-Organic Batteries. ACS NANO 2022; 16:14590-14599. [PMID: 36053194 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c05090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Redox-active carbonyl-containing compounds have received extensive attention as cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) because of their excellent attributes, including elemental sustainability, high theoretical capacity, diverse structures, and tunable properties. However, the storage of Na+ in most carbonyl-based cathode materials is plagued by the low capacity, unsatisfying rate performance, and short cycling life. Herein, we develop a series of anthraquinone-based conjugated polymer cathodes consisting of anthraquinone and benzene with different linking patterns. It reveals that the linkage sites on benzene ring could affect the electronic structures of the resulting polymers and thus their charge-storage capabilities. The 1,2,4,5-linkage on benzene leads to a high surface area, a narrow band gap, and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital for the resulting polymer PBAQ-3. As a cathode for SIBs, it delivers a high capacity of around 200 mAh g-1 and excellent rate performance (105 mAh g-1 at 200 C) as well as stable cycling with a capacity retention of 95.8% after 1000 cycles at 0.05 A g-1 and 83.1% after 40000 cycles at 3 A g-1. Our findings highlight the influence of linking patterns of the building blocks on the electrochemical performance of organic electrodes.
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- Lian-Wei Luo
- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710062, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710062, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710062, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710062, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212003, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710062, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710062, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710062, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710062, People's Republic of China
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Yang C, Wan S, Zhu B, Yu J, Cao S. Calcination‐regulated Microstructures of Donor‐Acceptor Polymers towards Enhanced and Stable Photocatalytic H
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Production in Pure Water. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202208438. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202208438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Chao Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing Wuhan University of Technology 122 Luoshi Road Wuhan 430070 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing Wuhan University of Technology 122 Luoshi Road Wuhan 430070 P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Solar Fuel Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry China University of Geosciences 388 Lumo Road Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing Wuhan University of Technology 122 Luoshi Road Wuhan 430070 P. R. China
- Laboratory of Solar Fuel Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry China University of Geosciences 388 Lumo Road Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing Wuhan University of Technology 122 Luoshi Road Wuhan 430070 P. R. China
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Liang J, Zhang W, Liu Z, Song Q, Zhu Z, Guan Z, Wang H, Zhang P, Li J, Zhou M, Cao C, Xu H, Lu Y, Meng X, Song L, Wong PK, Jiang Z, Lee CS. Tuning Metal-Free Hierarchical Boron Nitride-like Catalyst for Enhanced Photocatalytic CO 2 Reduction Activity. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jianli Liang
- Department of Chemistry & Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 000000, P. R. China
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- Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, P. R. China
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- Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry & Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 000000, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry & Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 000000, P. R. China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 000000, P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry & Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 000000, P. R. China
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- Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, P. R. China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 000000, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New
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- Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry & Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 000000, P. R. China
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Su Y, Li B, Xu H, Lu C, Wang S, Chen B, Wang Z, Wang W, Otake KI, Kitagawa S, Huang L, Gu C. Multi-Component Synthesis of a Buta-1,3-diene-Linked Covalent Organic Framework. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:18218-18222. [PMID: 36069433 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c05701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We report a multi-component synthetic strategy on a two-dimensional crystalline covalent organic framework (COF) by connecting acetonitrile with aromatic aldehyde and acetaldehyde moieties to form an unprecedented cyano-substituted buta-1,3-diene linkage. Different from most of the COFs that were crystallized from the condensations from two components, the presented COF is generated from two competitive and reversible reactions among three moieties. The buta-1,3-diene COF exhibits remarkable photoactivity with a low exciton binding energy of 44.4 ± 1.5 meV for promoted charge separation, which enables the buta-1,3-diene-linked COF as an efficient photocatalyst for various aerobic oxidation reactions under visible light. Our multi-component synthesis strategy may provide new sights for synthesizing COFs with structural diversity and functional variability that are hard to achieve by traditional COF synthesis.
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- Yan Su
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P. R. China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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Yang C, Wan S, Zhu B, Yu J, Cao S. Calcination‐regulated Microstructures of Donor‐Acceptor Polymers towards Enhanced and Stable Photocatalytic H2O2 Production in Pure Water. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202208438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Chao Yang
- Wuhan University of Technology State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing CHINA
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- Wuhan University of Technology State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing CHINA
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- China University of Geosciences Laboratory of Solar Fuel, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry CHINA
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- Wuhan University of Technology State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing CHINA
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- Wuhan University of Technology State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing 122 Luoshi Road 430070 Wuhan CHINA
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Zhuang Q, Chen H, Zhang C, Cheng S, Dong W, Xie A. Rapid chromium reduction by metal-free organic polymer photocatalysis via molecular engineering. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 434:128938. [PMID: 35452994 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Revised: 04/04/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The conversion of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)), a highly poisonous heavy metal found in natural environment, to less poisonous trivalent chromium (Cr(III)) has attracted a lot of interest. However, little interest has been paid to the development of metal-free catalysts. Here, we demonstrate for the first time a molecular engineering strategy to synthesize a range of donor-acceptor conjugated polymer photocatalysts, which can significantly increase the reduction efficiency of Cr(VI) by a factor of 5.2, corresponding to a significant change in the reduction reaction rate constant (from 0.0337 to 0.1740 min-1). In addition, the apparent quantum efficiency (AQE) of Cr(VI) removal was obtained, and the optimized photocatalyst (Py-SO1) could achieve the highest apparent quantum efficiency at wavelength of 420 nm in those samples. Despite the narrow light absorption of Py-SO1 polymer, its excellent exciton separation efficiency and efficient electron output enabled it to achieve excellent performance in photoreduction of Cr(VI), surpassing that of the reported metal-free photocatalysts. The results show that the present work provides a new perspective for designing suitable environmental remediation catalysts based on molecular engineering strategies.
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- Qiu Zhuang
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing 210094, China; School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing 210094, China; School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing 210094, China.
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Li Q, Li J, Wang W, Liu L, Xu Z, Xie G, Li J, Yao J, Li W. Tuning Acceptor Length in Photocatalytic
Donor‐Acceptor
Conjugated Polymers for Efficient
Solar‐to‐Hydrogen
Energy Conversion. CHINESE J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202200355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Qian Li
- The Education Ministry Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry Shanghai Normal University Shanghai 200234 China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Self‐Assembly Chemistry for Organic Functional Molecules, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road Shanghai 200032 China
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- CAS Key laboratory of Energy Regulation Materials, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road Shanghai 200032 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Self‐Assembly Chemistry for Organic Functional Molecules, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road Shanghai 200032 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Self‐Assembly Chemistry for Organic Functional Molecules, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road Shanghai 200032 China
- Engineering Research Center of Zhengzhou for High Performance Organic Functional Materials Zhengzhou Institute of Technology, 6 Yingcai Street, Huiji District Zhengzhou 450044 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Self‐Assembly Chemistry for Organic Functional Molecules, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road Shanghai 200032 China
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- Engineering Research Center of Zhengzhou for High Performance Organic Functional Materials Zhengzhou Institute of Technology, 6 Yingcai Street, Huiji District Zhengzhou 450044 China
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- Engineering Research Center of Zhengzhou for High Performance Organic Functional Materials Zhengzhou Institute of Technology, 6 Yingcai Street, Huiji District Zhengzhou 450044 China
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- CAS Key laboratory of Energy Regulation Materials, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road Shanghai 200032 China
- Engineering Research Center of Zhengzhou for High Performance Organic Functional Materials Zhengzhou Institute of Technology, 6 Yingcai Street, Huiji District Zhengzhou 450044 China
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- The Education Ministry Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry Shanghai Normal University Shanghai 200234 China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Self‐Assembly Chemistry for Organic Functional Molecules, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road Shanghai 200032 China
- Engineering Research Center of Zhengzhou for High Performance Organic Functional Materials Zhengzhou Institute of Technology, 6 Yingcai Street, Huiji District Zhengzhou 450044 China
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Yan H, Shen M, Shen Y, Wang XD, Lin W, Pan J, He J, Ye YX, Yang(杨欣) X, Zhu F, Xu J, He J, Ouyang G. Spontaneous exciton dissociation in organic photocatalyst under ambient conditions for highly efficient synthesis of hydrogen peroxide. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2202913119. [PMID: 35605116 PMCID: PMC9295752 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2202913119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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SignificanceHydrogen peroxide is a highly competitive ready-to-use product for solar energy transformation. Nevertheless, the contemporary photosynthetic systems are not efficient enough, due to severe charge recombination caused by high activation energy and binding energy of the exciton. Herein, we achieve spontaneous exciton dissociation at room temperature. Moreover, the photosynthesis of H2O2 reaches between 9,366 and 12,324 µmol·g-1 from 9 AM to 4 PM in ambient conditions, that is, sunlight irradiation, real water including fresh water and seawater, room temperature, and open air. The ultrahigh photocatalytic efficiency in ambient conditions allows the solar-to-chemical conversion in a real cost-effective and sustainable way, which represents an important step toward real applications.
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- Huijie Yan
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Advanced Institute of Natural Sciences, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, Zhuhai 519087, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol/Southern Laboratory of Ocean Science and Engineering (Guangdong, Zhuhai), School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol/Southern Laboratory of Ocean Science and Engineering (Guangdong, Zhuhai), School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Measurement and Emergency Test Technology, Institute of Analysis, Guangdong Academy of Sciences (China National Analytical Center, Guangzhou), Guangzhou 510070, China
- Chemistry College, Center of Advanced Analysis and Gene Sequencing, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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Zhang H, Liu J, Jiang L. Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution based on carbon nitride and organic semiconductors. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 33:322001. [PMID: 35447618 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac68f6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution (PHE) presents a promising way to solve the global energy crisis. Metal-free carbon nitride (CN) and organic semiconductors photocatalysts have drawn intense interests due to their fascinating properties such as tunable molecular structure, electronic states, strong visible-light absorption, low-cost etc. In this paper, the recent progresses of photocatalytic hydrogen production based on organic photocatalysts, including CN, linear polymers, conjugated porous polymers and small molecules, are reviewed, with emphasis on the various strategies to improve PHE efficiency. Finally, the possible future research trends in the organic photocatalysts are prospected.
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- Hantang Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Shandong Agriculture University, Taian 271000, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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Yang P, Zhang Y, Zhang H, Zhao J, Wei Z, Shi H, Zheng Z, Huang Y, Yang H. Hydrogen-Bonded Aggregates Featuring n → π* Electronic Transition for Efficient Visible-Light-Responsive Photocatalysis. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c01101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Pengju Yang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, 030006 Taiyuan, China
- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, 030006 Taiyuan, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, 030006 Taiyuan, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, 030006 Taiyuan, China
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- Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, 030006 Taiyuan, China
- Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, 030006 Taiyuan, China
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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Zhao M, Zhu S, Yang X, Wang Y, Zhou X, Xie X. A Porphyrinic Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Porous Polymer as Highly Efficient Photocatalyst for PET-RAFT Polymerization. Macromol Rapid Commun 2022; 43:e2200173. [PMID: 35481926 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202200173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Revised: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Heterogeneous catalysts offer a highly desirable platform for exploring environmental-benign transformation systems, yet, they typically suffer from significant loss of catalytic efficiency compared with their homogeneous counterparts. Here, the facile synthesis of a porphyrinic conjugated porous polymer incorporated with imidazolium bromide moieties by taking advantage of the Debus-Radziszewski reaction is reported. Owing to the unique donor-acceptor structure, this heterogeneous and metal-free photocatalyst exhibits much improved catalytic activity compared with its small molecular analogs in photoinduced electron transfer reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (PET-RAFT) polymerization, producing polymers with narrow distribution (Đ = 1.06-1.18) and high degree of chain-end fidelity. Moreover, the heterogeneous catalyst can be easily separated at the end of polymerization by centrifugation and recycled for five independent PET-RAFT polymerizations without obvious decreases in catalytic efficiency.
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- Maoji Zhao
- Key Lab for Material Chemistry of Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, and Hubei Key Lab of Materials Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Lab for Material Chemistry of Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, and Hubei Key Lab of Materials Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Lab for Material Chemistry of Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, and Hubei Key Lab of Materials Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Lab for Material Chemistry of Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, and Hubei Key Lab of Materials Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Lab for Material Chemistry of Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, and Hubei Key Lab of Materials Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Lab for Material Chemistry of Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, and Hubei Key Lab of Materials Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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Lan ZA, Wu M, Fang Z, Zhang Y, Chen X, Zhang G, Wang X. Ionothermal Synthesis of Covalent Triazine Frameworks in a NaCl-KCl-ZnCl 2 Eutectic Salt for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202201482. [PMID: 35218273 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202201482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Covalent triazine-based frameworks (CTFs) are typically produced by the salt-melt polycondensation of aromatic nitriles in the presence of ZnCl2 . In this reaction, molten ZnCl2 salt acts as both a solvent and Lewis acid catalyst. However, when cyclotrimerization takes place at temperatures above 300 °C, undesired carbonization occurs. In this study, an ionothermal synthesis method for CTF-based photocatalysts was developed using a ternary NaCl-KCl-ZnCl2 eutectic salt (ES) mixture with a melting point of approximately 200 °C. This temperature is lower than the melting point of pure ZnCl2 (318 °C), thus providing milder salt-melt conditions. These conditions facilitated the polycondensation process, while avoiding carbonization of the polymeric backbone. The resulting CTF-ES200 exhibited enhanced optical and electronic properties, and displayed remarkable photocatalytic performance in the hydrogen evolution reaction.
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- Zhi-An Lan
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P.R. China.,College of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P.R. China
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Zheng P, Han C, Luo LW, Dong P, Ma W, Zhang C, Chen Y, Jiang JX. Quinone-based conjugated polymer cathodes synthesized via direct arylation for high performance Li-organic batteries. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:4763-4766. [PMID: 35342917 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc01092e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Direct arylation cross-coupling reaction was employed to prepare quinone-based conjugated polymer cathodes, which realize a high reversible capacity of 200 mA h g-1 at 0.05 A g-1, an excellent rate capability of 111 mA h g-1 at 30 A g-1 (150C), and a stable cycling performance for more than 3000 cycles.
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- Peiyun Zheng
- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, P. R. China.
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Lan ZA, Chi X, Wu M, Zhang X, Chen X, Zhang G, Wang X. Molecular Design of Covalent Triazine Frameworks with Anisotropic Charge Migration for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2200129. [PMID: 35261149 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202200129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Revised: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Covalent triazine frameworks (CTFs) represent promising polymeric photocatalysts for photocatalytic hydrogen production with visible light. However, the separation and transfer of charges in CTFs are isotropic because of the uniform distribution of donor-acceptor motifs in the skeleton. Herein, to achieve the anisotropic charge carrier separation and migration, thiophene (Th) or benzothiadiazole (BT) unit is selected as the dopant to modify the molecular structure of CTF-based photocatalysts. Both theoretical and experimental studies reveal that the incorporation of Th or BT units induces the anisotropic charge carrier separation and migration at the interface of CTFs. The optimized polymer manifests a much enhanced photocatalytic activity for photocatalytic hydrogen production with visible light, and thus this study provides a useful tool to design conjugated polymer photocatalysts at the molecular level for solar energy conversion.
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- Zhi-An Lan
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350116, China
- College of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350116, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350116, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350116, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350116, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350116, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350116, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350116, China
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Ren K, Dong Y, Chen Y, Shi H. Bi2WO6 nanosheets assembled BN quantum dots: Enhanced charge separation and photocatalytic antibiotics degradation. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.128208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Lan ZA, Wu M, Fang Z, Zhang Y, Chen X, Zhang G, Wang X. Ionothermal Synthesis of Covalent Triazine Frameworks in NaCl‐KCl‐ZnCl2 Eutectic Salt for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202201482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Zhi-An Lan
- Fuzhou University college of chemistry CHINA
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- Fuzhou University college of chemistry CHINA
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- Fuzhou University college of chemistry CHINA
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- Fuzhou University Chemistry 523 Gongye Rd, Gulou 350000 Fuzhou CHINA
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Gerthoffer MC, Xu B, Wu S, Cox J, Huss S, Oburn S, Lopez SA, Crespi V, Badding J, Elacqua E. Mechanistic Insights into the Pressure-Induced Polymerization of Aryl/Perfluoroaryl Co-Crystals. Polym Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1py01387d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Recently discovered diamond nanothreads offer a stiff, sp3-hybridized backbone unachievable in conventional polymer synthesis that is formed through the solid-state pressure-induced polymerization of simple aromatics. This method enables monomeric A-B...
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Wang W, Wang H, Tang X, Huo J, Su Y, Lu C, Zhang Y, Xu H, Gu C. Phenothiazine-based covalent organic frameworks with low exciton binding energies for photocatalysis. Chem Sci 2022; 13:8679-8685. [PMID: 35974752 PMCID: PMC9337731 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc02503e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Designing delocalized excitons with low binding energy (Eb) in organic semiconductors is urgently required for efficient photochemistry because the excitons in most organic materials are localized with a high Eb of >300 meV. In this work, we report the achievement of a low Eb of ∼50 meV by constructing phenothiazine-based covalent organic frameworks (COFs) with inherent crystallinity, porosity, chemical robustness, and feasibility of bandgap engineering. The low Eb facilitates effective exciton dissociation and thus promotes photocatalysis by using these COFs. As a demonstration, we subject these COFs to photocatalytic polymerization to synthesize polymers with remarkably high molecular weight without any requirement of the metal catalyst. Our results can facilitate the rational design of porous materials with low Eb for efficient photocatalysis. We report the construction of phenothiazine-based covalent organic frameworks, which exhibited diverse structures, the feasibility of bandgap engineering, and unprecedented ultralow exciton binding energy of ∼50 meV for photocatalytic polymerization.![]()
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- Weitao Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, No. 381 Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, No. 381 Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, No. 381 Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, No. 381 Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, No. 381 Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, No. 381 Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, P. R. China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, No. 381 Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates, South China University of Technology, No. 381 Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, 510640, P. R. China
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Liu M, Yang K, Li Z, Fan E, Fu H, Zhang L, Zhang Y, Zheng Z. The O/S heteroatom effects of covalent triazine frameworks for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 58:92-95. [PMID: 34874023 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc05619k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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S/O heterocyclic covalent triazine frameworks (CTFs i.e., CTF-7 and CTF-8) were synthesized using thiophene and furan as building blocks, respectively. The hydrogen evolution rate of CTF-7 is 7430 μmol g-1 h-1, which is about 5.6 times that of CTF-8. Due to their low electronegativity, sulfur heteroatoms are more favorable for charge separation than oxygen heteroatoms in CTFs. This work provides a guiding principle for the design of high efficiency photocatalyst structures.
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- Manying Liu
- Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion of Henan Province, Institute of Surface Micro and Nano Materials, College of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Xuchang University, Henan 461000, China.
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- School of Civil Engineering and Communication, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Communication, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion of Henan Province, Institute of Surface Micro and Nano Materials, College of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Xuchang University, Henan 461000, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion of Henan Province, Institute of Surface Micro and Nano Materials, College of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Xuchang University, Henan 461000, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion of Henan Province, Institute of Surface Micro and Nano Materials, College of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Xuchang University, Henan 461000, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion of Henan Province, Institute of Surface Micro and Nano Materials, College of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Xuchang University, Henan 461000, China.
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Li Z, Zeng W, Li MH, Zheng JF, Fang X, Lin MJ. Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Heptazine Polymers with Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Degradations towards Tetracyclines. Macromol Rapid Commun 2021; 42:e2100577. [PMID: 34626510 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202100577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Revised: 10/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Photocatalysis is an efficient and green technology in the environmental protection. Due to the high charge separation and transfer, donor-acceptor (D-A) conjugated polymers attract much attention for their photocatalytic degradations towards organic pollutants. Herein, the authors reported three novel D-A conjugated polymers, named as HPBP, HPTP, and HPF, with heptazine moieties as electron acceptors, while biphenyl, terphenyl, or fluorene moieties as electron donors, respectively, which indeed exhibit a highly efficient photocatalytic degradation towards tetracyclines upon the visible-light irradiation. Among them, the photocatalytic performance of HPF is especially noticeable with the degradation rate up to 87% within 30 min, almost 11 times in comparison to those of pristine g-C3 N4 , which is mainly attributed to its high crystallinity and conjugation. For their photocatalytic mechanism, the •O2 - radical anions are regarded as the active species.
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- Zhen Li
- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, China.,College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, China
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Komanduri V, Janpatompong Y, Marcial-Hernandez R, Tate DJ, Turner ML. A sequential ROMP strategy to donor–acceptor di-, tri- and tetra arylenevinylene block copolymers. Polym Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1py01202a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Sequential ROMP of electron rich and electron deficient paracyclophanediene monomers gives donor–acceptor di-, tri- and even tetrablock phenylenevinylene coploymers.
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- Venukrishnan Komanduri
- Organic Materials Innovation Centre (OMIC), The School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Organic Materials Innovation Centre (OMIC), The School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Organic Materials Innovation Centre (OMIC), The School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Organic Materials Innovation Centre (OMIC), The School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Organic Materials Innovation Centre (OMIC), The School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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