Abstract
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have recently emerged as a new class of photocatalysts. However, integrated design is crucial to maximizing the performance of COF-incorporating photocatalytic systems. Herein, we compare two strategies of installing earth-abundant metal-based catalytic centers into the matrice of a 2D COF named NUS-55. Compared to NUS-55(Co) prepared from the post-synthetic metalation of coordination sites within the COF, the molecular co-catalyst impregnated NUS-55/[Co(bpy)3]Cl2 achieves a seven-fold improvement in visible light-driven H2 evolution rate to 2,480 μmol g−1 h−1, with an apparent quantum efficiency (AQE) of 1.55% at 450 nm. Our results show that the rational design of molecular anchoring sites in COFs for the introduction of catalytic metal sites can be a viable strategy for the development of highly efficient photocatalysts with enhanced stability and photocatalytic activities.
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