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 …

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 …

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 …

Novel Cd0. 5Zn0. 5S/Bi2MoO6 S-scheme heterojunction for boosting the photodegradation of antibiotic enrofloxacin: Degradation pathway, mechanism and toxicity …

M Cai, Y Liu, C Wang, W Lin, S Li - Separation and Purification Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
The artificial S-scheme photocatalysis system, mimicking natural photosynthesis, has shown
eminent potential for the photocatalytic destruction of pharmaceuticals and personal care …

Reconstructed covalent organic frameworks

W Zhang, L Chen, S Dai, C Zhao, C Ma, L Wei, M Zhu… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are distinguished from other organic polymers by their
crystallinity,–, but it remains challenging to obtain robust, highly crystalline COFs because …

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 …

Floatable photocatalytic hydrogel nanocomposites for large-scale solar hydrogen production

WH Lee, CW Lee, GD Cha, BH Lee, JH Jeong… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Storing solar energy in chemical bonds aided by heterogeneous photocatalysis is desirable
for sustainable energy conversion. Despite recent progress in designing highly active …

Develo** Ni single-atom sites in carbon nitride for efficient photocatalytic H2O2 production

X Zhang, H Su, P Cui, Y Cao, Z Teng, Q Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Photocatalytic two-electron oxygen reduction to produce high-value hydrogen peroxide
(H2O2) is gaining popularity as a promising avenue of research. However, structural …

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 …

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 …