Abstract
AbstractDirect photocatalytic water splitting is an attractive strategy for clean energy production, but multicomponent nanostructured systems that mimic natural photosynthesis can be difficult to fabricate because of the insolubility of most photocatalysts. Here, a solution‐processable organic polymer is reported that is a good photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution from water, either as a powder or as a thin film, suggesting future applications for soluble conjugated organic polymers in multicomponent photocatalysts for overall water splitting.
Highlights
Direct photocatalytic water splitting is an attractive strategy for clean energy exhibit photocatalytic hydrogen evolution in 2009,[12] and many advances have been production, but multicomponent nanostructured systems that mimic natural made since .[13,14] After the potential of photosynthesis can be difficult to fabricate because of the insolubility of most photocatalysts
Sunlight is an abundant energy source that can be Of special relevance here, graphitic carbon nitrides are insoluble stored in dihydrogen molecules, which have a high gravimetric solids: as for many inorganic catalysts, this can present chalenergy density
Direct photocatalysis has the advantage of based frameworks (CTFs) were shown to have photocatalytic being technologically simple and having a lower projected cost.[5] activity with the addition of platinum cocatalysts.[18,19]
Summary
Direct photocatalytic water splitting is an attractive strategy for clean energy exhibit photocatalytic hydrogen evolution in 2009,[12] and many advances have been production, but multicomponent nanostructured systems that mimic natural made since .[13,14] After the potential of photosynthesis can be difficult to fabricate because of the insolubility of most photocatalysts. We report here a well-defined soluble organic polymer that photocatalyzes the evolution of hydrogen from water in the presence of a sacrificial electron donor with no added metal cocatalyst.
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