层间聚合构建全共轭共价有机框架作为阴离子交换膜燃料电池的无金属氧还原反应催化剂
Interlayer Polymerization to Construct a Fully Conjugated Covalent Organic Framework as a Metal-Free Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalyst for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells.
作者信息
Chen Zhiwei, Fang Pengda, Zou Xiuyang, Shi Zheng, Zhang Jiamin, Sun Zhe, Guo Siyu, Yan Feng
机构信息
Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Soft Material and New Energy, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China.
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huaiyin Normal University, No.111 West Changjiang Road, Huaian, 223300, China.
出版信息
Small. 2024 Aug;20(35):e2401880. doi: 10.1002/smll.202401880. Epub 2024 Apr 28.
Two-dimensional (2D) covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have a multilayer skeleton with a periodic π-conjugated molecular array, which can facilitate charge carrier transport within a COF layer. However, the lack of an effective charge carrier transmission pathway between 2D COF layers greatly limits their applications in electrocatalysis. Herein, by employing a side-chain polymerization strategy to form polythiophene along the nanochannels, a conjugated bridge is constructed between the COF layers. The as-synthesized fully conjugated COF (PTh-COF) exhibits high oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity with narrowed energy band gaps. Correspondingly, PTh-COF is tested as a metal-free cathode catalyst for anion exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs) which showed a maximum power density of 176 mW cm under a current density of 533 mA cm. The density functional theory (DFT) calculation reveals that interlayer conjugated polythiophene optimizes the electron cloud distribution, which therefore enhances the ORR performance. This work not only provides new insight into the construction of a fully conjugated covalent organic framework but also promotes the development of new metal-free ORR catalysts.
二维(2D)共价有机框架(COF)具有带有周期性π共轭分子阵列的多层骨架,这可以促进电荷载流子在COF层内传输。然而,二维COF层之间缺乏有效的电荷载流子传输途径极大地限制了它们在电催化中的应用。在此,通过采用侧链聚合策略沿纳米通道形成聚噻吩,在COF层之间构建了共轭桥。合成的全共轭COF(PTh-COF)表现出具有窄能带隙的高氧还原反应(ORR)活性。相应地,PTh-COF被测试作为阴离子交换膜燃料电池(AEMFC)的无金属阴极催化剂,在电流密度为533 mA cm时显示出最大功率密度为176 mW cm。密度泛函理论(DFT)计算表明,层间共轭聚噻吩优化了电子云分布,从而提高了ORR性能。这项工作不仅为全共轭共价有机框架的构建提供了新的见解,也促进了新型无金属ORR催化剂的发展。