Yue Jie-Yu, Luo Jing-Xian, Pan Zi-Xian, Zhang Rui-Zhi, Yang Peng, Xu Qing, Tang Bo
Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, P. R. China.
CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Jun 10;63(24):e202405763. doi: 10.1002/anie.202405763. Epub 2024 May 10.
Photocatalytic oxygen reduction reactions and water oxidation reactions are extremely promising green approaches for massive HO production. Nonetheless, constructing effective photocatalysts for HO generation is critical and still challenging. Since the network topology has significant impacts on the electronic properties of two dimensional (2D) polymers, herein, for the first time, we regulated the HO photosynthetic activity of 2D covalent organic frameworks (COFs) by topology. Through designing the linking sites of the monomers, we synthesized a pair of novel COFs with similar chemical components on the backbones but distinct topologies. Without sacrificial agents, TBD-COF with cpt topology exhibited superior HO photoproduction performance (6085 and 5448 μmol g h in O and air) than TBC-COF with hcb topology through the O-O⋅-HO, O-O⋅-O -HO, and HO-HO three paths. Further experimental and theoretical investigations confirmed that during the HO photosynthetic process, the charge carrier separation efficiency, O⋅ generation and conversion, and the energy barrier of the rate determination steps in the three channels, related to the formation of *OOH, *O , and *OH, can be well tuned by the topology of COFs. The current study enlightens the fabrication of high-performance photocatalysts for HO production by topological structure modulation.
光催化氧还原反应和水氧化反应是大规模生产过氧化氢极具前景的绿色方法。尽管如此,构建用于生成过氧化氢的高效光催化剂至关重要且仍具挑战性。由于网络拓扑结构对二维(2D)聚合物的电子性质有重大影响,在此,我们首次通过拓扑结构调控二维共价有机框架(COF)的过氧化氢光合活性。通过设计单体的连接位点,我们合成了一对主链化学成分相似但拓扑结构不同的新型COF。在无牺牲剂的情况下,具有cpt拓扑结构的TBD-COF通过O-O⋅-HO、O-O⋅-O -HO和HO-HO三条路径,在氧气和空气中表现出比具有hcb拓扑结构的TBC-COF更优异的过氧化氢光生成性能(分别为6085和5448 μmol g h)。进一步的实验和理论研究证实,在过氧化氢光合过程中,与*OOH、O和OH形成相关的电荷载流子分离效率、O⋅生成与转化以及三个通道中速率决定步骤的能垒可通过COF的拓扑结构得到很好的调控。当前的研究为通过拓扑结构调制制备用于过氧化氢生产的高性能光催化剂提供了启示。