Triphenylamine and terpyridine–zinc(ii) complex based donor–acceptor soft hybrid as a visible light-driven hydrogen evolution photocatalyst

Autor: Tapas Kumar Maji, Sugandha Singh, Manish Kumar, Manas K. Ghorai, Parul Verma, Debabrata Samanta, Kamal K. Kar
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8:21968-21972
ISSN: 2050-7496
2050-7488
DOI: 10.1039/d0ta02318c
Popis: A donor–acceptor coordination polymer (TPA-Zn) was synthesized by Zn(II)-assisted self-assembly of an in situ generated triphenylamine (TPA) cored tristerpyridine ligand. The polymer absorbs a broad-spectrum of light and exhibits visible light-assisted hydrogen generation (27.1 mmol g−1 over 9 h) from water with 2.9% quantum efficiency at 400 nm. The microscopy images show a mesoscale fibrous morphology and the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) analysis reveals the porous nature of TPA-Zn (surface area: 234.5 m2 g; d = 6.98 nm), both of which are helpful for substrate diffusion during catalysis.
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