Processing polymer photocatalysts for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

RJ Lyons, RS Sprick - Materials Horizons, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Conjugated materials have emerged as competitive photocatalysts for the production of
sustainable hydrogen from water over the last decade. Interest in these polymer …

Emerging Light‐Harvesting Materials Based on Organic Photovoltaic D/A Heterojunctions for Efficient Photocatalytic Water Splitting

Y Guo, J Sun, T Guo, Y Liu, Z Yao - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalytic water splitting to hydrogen is a highly promising method to meet the surging
energy consumption globally through the environmentally friendly means. As the initial step …

Enhanced Photocatalytic and Photovoltaic Performance Arising from Unconventionally Low Donor–Y6 Ratios

A Dolan, X Pan, MJ Griffith, A Sharma… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Development of both organic photovoltaics (OPVs) and organic photocatalysts has
focused on utilizing the bulk heterojunction (BHJ). The BHJ promotes charge separation and …

Molecular structure engineering toward enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution and stability of organic heterojunction nanoparticles

S Wen, Y Yang, J Cai, C Guo, H Wang, C Chen… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Photocatalysts based on organic heterojunction nanoparticles (NPs) have recently attracted
a rising interest for photocatalytic hydrogen (H2) evolution (PHE), which demands an in …

Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Organic Ternary Heterojunction Nanoparticles Featuring a Compact Alloy‐Like Phase

Y Yang, D Li, J Cai, H Wang, C Guo… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Organic semiconductor nanoparticles (NPs) are attractive photocatalysts to produce
hydrogen from water splitting. Herein, a ternary strategy of incorporating crystalline n‐type …

Mechanistic Insights into the Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production of Y5 and Y6 Nanoparticles

A Brnovic, L Hammarström, H Tian - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Utilization of solar energy in organic semiconductors relies on complicated photophysical
processes due to the strong electron–hole interactions. To gain a better understanding of …

Molecular engineering in tunable crystallinity of 2D covalent organic frameworks for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Y **ao, K Wang, W Dong, L Li - Polymer, 2024 - Elsevier
The strategy of molecular engineering has been employed to build the structure–property–
activity relationship for covalent organic frameworks (COFs) with efficient photocatalytic …

Ni 2 P NPs loaded on methylthio-functionalized UiO-66 for boosting visible-light-driven photocatalytic H 2 production

X Li, Q Li, T Zhang, Y Lou, J Chen - Dalton Transactions, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The UiO-66 family shows promising photocatalytic prospects in water splitting for hydrogen
evolution under visible light irradiation due to its suitable band gap and adequate active …

Organic semiconductor bulk heterojunctions for solar-to-chemical conversion: recent advances and challenges

Y Kim, H Kim, H Lee, TH Lee, HH Cho - Nanoscale, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar fuel production involving the conversion of solar energy directly into chemical fuels
such as hydrogen and valuable chemicals using photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells and …

Efficient Quasi‐Homogenous Photocatalysis Enabled by Molecular Nanophotocatalysts with Donor‐Acceptor Motif

X Liu, M Yu, K Huang, H Huang, H Gu… - Advanced …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer semiconductors have attracted much attention for photocatalytic hydrogen
evolution, but they typically exhibit micrometer‐sized particles in water‐suspension, causing …