Materials Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
8(6), P. 1513 - 1535
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Covalent
organic
frameworks
(COFs)
with
permanent
porosity,
long-range
order
and
rigid
backbones
offer
a
promising
material
platform
for
photocatalytic
water
splitting
hydrogen
production.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
36(18)
Published: Jan. 21, 2024
The
development
of
metal-free
bifunctional
electrocatalysts
for
hydrogen
and
oxygen
evolution
reactions
(HER
OER)
is
significant
but
rarely
demonstrated.
Porous
organic
polymers
(POPs)
with
well-defined
electroactive
functionalities
show
superior
performance
in
reaction
(HER)
(OER).
Precise
control
the
active
sites'
local
environment
requires
careful
modulation
linkers
through
judicious
selection
building
units.
Here,
a
systematic
strategy
introduced
modulating
functionality
to
design
synthesize
series
thianthrene-based
sp
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
63(48)
Published: Sept. 3, 2024
Abstract
Intramolecular
charge
separation
driving
force
and
linkage
chemistry
between
building
blocks
are
critical
factors
for
enhancing
the
photocatalytic
performance
of
metal‐covalent
organic
framework
(MCOF)
based
photocatalyst.
However,
robust
achieving
both
simultaneously
has
yet
to
be
challenging
despite
ongoing
efforts.
Here
we
develop
a
fully
π‐conjugated
vinylene‐linked
multivariate
donor‐π‐acceptor
MCOF
(D‐π‐A,
termed
UJN‐1)
by
integrating
benzyl
cyanides
linker
with
multiple
functional
electron‐rich
triphenylamine
electron‐deficient
copper‐cyclic
trinuclear
units
(Cu‐CTUs)
moieties,
featuring
strong
intramolecular
force,
extended
conjugation
degree
skeleton,
abundant
active
sites.
The
incorporation
Cu‐CTUs
acceptor
electron‐withdrawing
ability
concomitantly
giant
can
efficiently
accelerate
photogenerated
electrons
transfer
from
Cu‐CTUs,
revealing
experiments
theoretical
calculations.
Benefiting
synergistically
effect
D‐π‐A
configuration
vinylene
linkage,
highly‐efficient
spatial
is
achieved.
Consequently,
UJN‐1
exhibits
an
excellent
CO
formation
rate
114.8
μmol
g
−1
in
4
h
without
any
co‐catalysts
or
sacrificial
reagents
under
visible
light,
outperforming
those
analogous
MCOFs
imine‐linked
(UJN‐2,
28.9
)
COF
Cu‐CTU
sites
(UJN‐3,
50.0
),
emphasizing
role
designing
novel
COFs‐based
Green Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
26(5), P. 2605 - 2612
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
A
novel
benzotrifuranyl
COF
with
excellent
photovoltaic
properties
and
low
exciton
binding
energy
was
successfully
constructed
used
for
efficient
photolysis
of
water.
Materials Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
8(6), P. 1513 - 1535
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Covalent
organic
frameworks
(COFs)
with
permanent
porosity,
long-range
order
and
rigid
backbones
offer
a
promising
material
platform
for
photocatalytic
water
splitting
hydrogen
production.