Covalent Organic Frameworks Enabling Site Isolation of Viologen‐Derived Electron‐Transfer Mediators for Stable Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
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- 22 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Angewandte Chemie
- Vol. 60 (17), 9642-9649
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202016618
Abstract
Electron‐transfer is the rate‐limiting step in photocatalytic water splitting. Viologen and its derivatives are able to act as electron transfer mediators (ETMs) to facilitate the rapid electron transfer from photosensitizers to active sites. Nevertheless, the electron‐transfer ability often suffers from the formation of stable dipole structure through the coupling between cationic‐radical‐containing viologen‐derived ETMs, by which the electron‐transfer process becomes restricted. Herein, cyclic diquats, a kind of viologen‐derived ETM, are integrated into a 2,2’‐bipyridine‐based covalent organic framework (COF) through a post‐quaternization reaction. The content and distribution of embedded diquat‐ETMs are elaborately controlled, leading to the favorable site‐isolated arrangement. The resulting materials integrate the photosensitizing units and ETMs into one system, exhibiting the enhanced hydrogen evolution rate (34600 μmol h ‐1 g ‐1 ) and sustained performances when compared to a single‐module COF and a COF/ETM mixture. The integration strategy applied in a 2D COF platform promotes the consecutive electron‐transfer in photochemical processes through the multi‐component cooperation.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (51973039, 21774023, 51633001)
- Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (18520744800)
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