Organic Conjugated Trimers with Donor–Acceptor–Donor Structures for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation Application

Extended conjugated microporous polymers for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water.

Conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs) have been used as photocatalysts for hydrogen production from water in the presence of a sacrificial electron donor. The relative importance of the linker geometry, the co-monomer linker length, and the degree of planarisation were studied with respect to the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution rate.

Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution through fully conjugated poly(azomethine) networks.

Three-dimensional conjugated poly(azomethine) networks were found to be promising candidates for applications in photocatalytic water splitting. Straightforward synthetic protocols lead to fully organic photocatalysts that showed enhanced long-time stability. Furthermore, the catalytic performance of these materials was correlated to the molecular composition and the optoelectronic properties o...

Supramolecular bimetallic assemblies for photocatalytic hydrogen generation from water.

A series of supramolecular assemblies of the type [Ru(L-L)2(L'-L)MX2)](n+) are reported where L-L is 2,2'-bipyridine (bipy), 4,4'-di-tetra-butyl-bipyridine (tbbipy) or 4,4'-diethoxycarbonyl-2,2'-bipyridine (dceb), L-L' is tetrapyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c:3'',2''-h:2''',3'''-j]phenazine (tpphz), 2,2':5',2''-terpyridine (2,5-bpp), 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine, (2,6-bpp), 2,5-di(pyridine-2-yl)pyrazine (2,5-dp...

Combining photocatalytic hydrogen generation and capsule storage in graphene based sandwich structures

The challenge of safe hydrogen storage has limited the practical application of solar-driven photocatalytic water splitting. It is hard to isolate hydrogen from oxygen products during water splitting to avoid unwanted reverse reaction or explosion. Here we propose a multi-layer structure where a carbon nitride is sandwiched between two graphene sheets modified by different functional groups. Fi...

Graphene/Semiconductor Nanocomposites: Preparation and Application for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution