Semiconductor/Covalent-Organic-Framework Z-Scheme Heterojunctions for Artificial Photosynthesis
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- 16 April 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Angewandte Chemie-International Edition
- Vol. 59 (16), 6500-6506
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202000929
Abstract
A strategy to covalently connect crystalline covalent organic frameworks (COFs) with semiconductors to create stable organic-inorganic Z-scheme heterojunctions for artificial photosynthesis is presented. A series of COF-semiconductor Z-scheme photocatalysts combining water-oxidation semiconductors (TiO2, Bi2WO6, and alpha-Fe2O3) with CO2 reduction COFs (COF-316/318) was synthesized and exhibited high photocatalytic CO2-to-CO conversion efficiencies (up to 69.67 mu mol g(-1) h(-1)), with H2O as the electron donor in the gas-solid CO2 reduction, without additional photosensitizers and sacrificial agents. This is the first report of covalently bonded COF/inorganic-semiconductor systems utilizing the Z-scheme applied for artificial photosynthesis. Experiments and calculations confirmed efficient semiconductor-to-COF electron transfer by covalent coupling, resulting in electron accumulation in the cyano/pyridine moieties of the COF for CO2 reduction and holes in the semiconductor for H2O oxidation, thus mimicking natural photosynthesis.Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (21871141, 21871142, 21701085, 21901122)
- Natural Science Research of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (17KJB150025, 19KJB150011)
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2018M630572, 2019M651873)
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