Machine learning for electrocatalyst and photocatalyst design and discovery

H Mai, TC Le, D Chen, DA Winkler… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalysts and photocatalysts are key to a sustainable future, generating clean fuels,
reducing the impact of global warming, and providing solutions to environmental pollution …

The principles, design and applications of fused-ring electron acceptors

J Wang, P Xue, Y Jiang, Y Huo, X Zhan - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Fused-ring electron acceptors (FREAs) have a donor–acceptor–donor structure comprising
an electron-donating fused-ring core, electron-accepting end groups, π-bridges and side …

Computation-based regulation of excitonic effects in donor-acceptor covalent organic frameworks for enhanced photocatalysis

Y Qian, Y Han, X Zhang, G Yang, G Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The strong excitonic effects widely exist in polymer-semiconductors and the large exciton
binding energy (E b) seriously limits their photocatalysis. Herein, density functional theory …

Three-component donor− π–acceptor covalent–organic frameworks for boosting photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Z Li, T Deng, S Ma, Z Zhang, G Wu… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional covalent–organic frameworks (2D COFs) have recently emerged as great
prospects for their applications as new photocatalytic platforms in solar-to-hydrogen …

Photocatalytic sacrificial H2 evolution dominated by micropore-confined exciton transfer in hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks

Q Zhou, Y Guo, Y Zhu - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Organic semiconductors are attractive photocatalysts, but their quantum yields are limited by
the transfer of photogenerated charges to the surface. A promising strategy for low-loss …

Isolated electron trap‐induced charge accumulation for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production

W Huang, C Su, C Zhu, T Bo, S Zuo, W Zhou… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The solar‐driven evolution of hydrogen from water using particulate photocatalysts is
considered one of the most economical and promising protocols for achieving a stable …

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 …

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 …

Spatial Separation of Cocatalysts on Z‐Scheme Organic/Inorganic Heterostructure Hollow Spheres for Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Evolution and In‐Depth Analysis …

HS Moon, KC Hsiao, MC Wu, Y Yun, YJ Hsu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
AZ‐scheme heterojunction with spatially separated cocatalysts is proposed for overcoming
fundamental issues in photocatalytic water splitting, such as inefficient light absorption …