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 …

Polymer photocatalysts for solar-to-chemical energy conversion

T Banerjee, F Podjaski, J Kröger, BP Biswal… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Solar-to-chemical energy conversion for the generation of high-energy chemicals is one of
the most viable solutions to the quest for sustainable energy resources. Although long …

Current understanding and challenges of solar-driven hydrogen generation using polymeric photocatalysts

Y Wang, A Vogel, M Sachs, RS Sprick, L Wilbraham… - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
The use of hydrogen as a fuel, when generated from water using semiconductor
photocatalysts and driven by sunlight, is a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. Polymeric …

Metal-free photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution

MZ Rahman, MG Kibria, CB Mullins - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This review focuses on the discussion of the latest progress and remaining challenges in
selected metal-free photocatalysts for hydrogen production. The scope of this review is …

Conjugated polymers for visible-light-driven photocatalysis

C Dai, B Liu - Energy & Environmental Science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Conjugated polymers have recently been under active investigation as promising
alternatives to traditional inorganic semiconductors for photocatalysis. This is due to their …

Conjugated microporous polymers incorporating Thiazolo [5, 4-d] thiazole moieties for Sunlight-Driven hydrogen production from water

MM Samy, IMA Mekhemer, MG Mohamed… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, we describe efficient, inexpensive, and donor–acceptor (D–A) systems based
on conjugated microporous polymers incorporating thiazolo [5, 4-d] thiazole (ThTh) linkages …

Accelerated discovery of organic polymer photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution from water through the integration of experiment and theory

Y Bai, L Wilbraham, BJ Slater… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conjugated polymers are an emerging class of photocatalysts for hydrogen production
where the large breadth of potential synthetic diversity presents both an opportunity and a …

Understanding structure-activity relationships in linear polymer photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution

M Sachs, RS Sprick, D Pearce, SAJ Hillman… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Conjugated polymers have sparked much interest as photocatalysts for hydrogen
production. However, beyond basic considerations such as spectral absorption, the factors …

Templated 2D polymer heterojunctions for improved photocatalytic hydrogen production

CM Aitchison, S Gonzalez‐Carrero, S Yao… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D polymers have emerged as one of the most promising classes of organic
photocatalysts for solar fuel production due to their tunability, charge‐transport properties …

A universal strategy for boosting hydrogen evolution activity of polymer photocatalysts under visible light by inserting a narrow‐band‐gap spacer between donor and …

C Han, S **ang, P **e, P Dong, C Shu… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
It is challenging for polymer photocatalysts to achieve high photocatalytic performance
under visible light due to their weak light absorption in visible light region. Herein, a …