Structural motifs in covalent organic frameworks for photocatalysis

L Qin, C Ma, J Zhang, T Zhou - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) attract significant attention due to their ordered,
crystalline, porous, metal‐free, and predictable structures. These unique characteristics offer …

Covalent organic frameworks towards photocatalytic applications: Design principles, achievements, and opportunities

S Liu, M Wang, Y He, Q Cheng, T Qian… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
As a subclass of porous framework materials, covalent organic frameworks (COFs) feature
permanent porosity, long-range order, and rigid backbones, and offer an important material …

Molecularly engineered covalent organic frameworks for hydrogen peroxide photosynthesis

M Kou, Y Wang, Y Xu, L Ye, Y Huang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Synthesizing H2O2 from water and air via a photocatalytic approach is ideal for efficient
production of this chemical at small‐scale. However, the poor activity and selectivity of the 2 …

Mixed‐Linker Strategy for the Construction of Sulfone‐Containing D–A–A Covalent Organic Frameworks for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production

C Shu, X Yang, L Liu, X Hu, R Sun, X Yang… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The solar‐driven photocatalytic production of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) from water and
oxygen using semiconductor catalysts offers a promising approach for converting solar …

Generation of long-lived charges in organic semiconductor heterojunction nanoparticles for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

J Kosco, S Gonzalez-Carrero, CT Howells, T Fei… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
Organic semiconductor photocatalysts for the production of solar fuels are attractive as they
can be synthetically tuned to absorb visible light while simultaneously retaining suitable …

Perylenetetracarboxylic acid nanosheets with internal electric fields and anisotropic charge migration for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Y Guo, Q Zhou, J Nan, W Shi, F Cui, Y Zhu - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Highly efficient hydrogen evolution reactions carried out via photocatalysis using solar light
remain a formidable challenge. Herein, perylenetetracarboxylic acid nanosheets with a …

An Inorganic/Organic S‐Scheme Heterojunction H2‐Production Photocatalyst and its Charge Transfer Mechanism

C Cheng, B He, J Fan, B Cheng, S Cao… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Inspired by natural photosynthesis, constructing inorganic/organic heterojunctions is
regarded as an effective strategy to design high‐efficiency photocatalysts. Herein, a step (S) …

Nanoscale covalent organic frameworks for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production

W Zhao, L Luo, M Cong, X Liu, Z Zhang, M Bahri… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Nanosizing confers unique functions in materials such as graphene and quantum dots.
Here, we present two nanoscale-covalent organic frameworks (nano-COFs) that exhibit …

Semiconducting polymers for oxygen evolution reaction under light illumination

Y Fang, Y Hou, X Fu, X Wang - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Sunlight-driven water splitting to produce hydrogen fuel has stimulated intensive scientific
interest, as this technology has the potential to revolutionize fossil fuel-based energy …

A mobile robotic chemist

B Burger, PM Maffettone, VV Gusev, CM Aitchison… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Technologies such as batteries, biomaterials and heterogeneous catalysts have functions
that are defined by mixtures of molecular and mesoscale components. As yet, this multi …