Photocatalytic syngas production using conjugated organic polymers

Fu, Zhiwei and Vogel, Anastasia and Zwijnenburg, Martijn A. and Cooper, Andrew I. and Sprick, Reiner Sebastian (2021) Photocatalytic syngas production using conjugated organic polymers. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9 (7). pp. 4291-4296. 4291-4296. ISSN 2050-7488 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D0TA09613J)

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Abstract

A range of linear conjugated polymers is reported that promote photocatalytic CO2 reduction in water with a sacrificial hole-scavenger. Two photocatalysts containing dibenzo[b,d]thiophene sulfone were found to be the most active materials. A dibenzo[b,d]thiophene sulfone co-polymer with phenylene (P7) had the highest rate for producing CO, but also for the co-evolution of H2. The homopolymer of dibenzo[b,d]thiophene sulfone was found to be less active for CO production, but had a higher H2 production rate, which is explained by changes in the driving-force favouring proton reduction. The co-evolution of hydrogen is facilitated by residual palladium from the material synthesis. By varying the amount of palladium in the photocatalyst, syngas can be obtained with varying ratios of H2 to CO.

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Fu, Zhiwei, Vogel, Anastasia, Zwijnenburg, Martijn A., Cooper, Andrew I. and Sprick, Reiner Sebastian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5389-2706;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:75744
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    21 February 2021
    Published
    18 January 2021
    Published Online
    17 January 2021
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Chemistry
    Department:Faculty of Science > Pure and Applied Chemistry
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:09 Mar 2021 17:16
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 13:00
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/75744
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