Sulfone-containing covalent organic frameworks for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water

• Published in: Nature chemistry Vol. 10; no. 12; pp. 1180 - 1189
• Main Authors: Wang, Xiaoyan, Chen, Linjiang, Chong, Samantha Y., Little, Marc A., Wu, Yongzhen, Zhu, Wei-Hong, Clowes, Rob, Yan, Yong, Zwijnenburg, Martijn A., Sprick, Reiner Sebastian, Cooper, Andrew I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.12.2018; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/638/298; 639/638/439/890; 639/638/77/890; Aluminum; Analytical Chemistry; Benzothiophene; Biochemistry; Catalysts; Catalytic activity; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Chemistry/Food Science; Crystal structure; Crystallinity; Electromagnetic absorption; Evolution; Hydrogen; Hydrogen evolution; Inorganic Chemistry; Irradiation; Organic Chemistry; Organic semiconductors; Photocatalysis; Photochemicals; Photosynthesis; Physical Chemistry; Quantum efficiency; Radiation; Splitting; Thin films; Water splitting

Nature uses organic molecules for light harvesting and photosynthesis, but most man-made water splitting catalysts are inorganic semiconductors. Organic photocatalysts, while attractive because of their synthetic tunability, tend to have low quantum efficiencies for water splitting. Here we present...