Phenanthroimidazole-based Covalent Organic Frameworks with Enhanced Activity for the Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Autor: Cong-xue Liu, Dong-Lai Pan, Younggyu Seo, Seungjae Park, Jing-Lan Kan, Wonyong Choi, Eunsung Lee
Rok vydání: 2022
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-6rf2x
Popis: The rational design of organic semiconductors based on crystalline covalent organic frameworks (COFs) as efficient photocatalysts is highly desirable. In this study, the first example of phenanthroimidazole-based COFs is reported: PImCOF1 with an imine linkage and PIm-COF2 with a β-ketoenamine-linkage. Both COF materials showed substantial optical properties. The average hydrogen evolution rate was 7417.5 μmolg-1h-1 for PIm-COF2, which was 20 times higher than that of PIm-COF1 (358.5 μmolg-1h-1). This can be attributed to the strong donor-acceptor effect of PIm-COF2 and the continuous separation and transfer of the photoexcited electron-hole pair from the phenanthro[9,10-d]imidazole moiety.
Databáze: OpenAIRE