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A tunable azine covalent organic framework platform for visible light-induced hydrogen generation

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  • Vijay S. Vyas

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)

  • Frederik Haase

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
    University of Munich (LMU))

  • Linus Stegbauer

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
    University of Munich (LMU))

  • Gökcen Savasci

    (University of Munich (LMU))

  • Filip Podjaski

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)

  • Christian Ochsenfeld

    (University of Munich (LMU)
    Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPSM), University of Munich (LMU))

  • Bettina V. Lotsch

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
    University of Munich (LMU)
    Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM) and Center for Nanoscience)

Abstract

Hydrogen evolution from photocatalytic reduction of water holds promise as a sustainable source of carbon-free energy. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) present an interesting new class of photoactive materials, which combine three key features relevant to the photocatalytic process, namely crystallinity, porosity and tunability. Here we synthesize a series of water- and photostable 2D azine-linked COFs from hydrazine and triphenylarene aldehydes with varying number of nitrogen atoms. The electronic and steric variations in the precursors are transferred to the resulting frameworks, thus leading to a progressively enhanced light-induced hydrogen evolution with increasing nitrogen content in the frameworks. Our results demonstrate that by the rational design of COFs on a molecular level, it is possible to precisely adjust their structural and optoelectronic properties, thus resulting in enhanced photocatalytic activities. This is expected to spur further interest in these photofunctional frameworks where rational supramolecular engineering may lead to new material applications.

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  • Vijay S. Vyas & Frederik Haase & Linus Stegbauer & Gökcen Savasci & Filip Podjaski & Christian Ochsenfeld & Bettina V. Lotsch, 2015. "A tunable azine covalent organic framework platform for visible light-induced hydrogen generation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms9508
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9508
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