Electronic Structure Engineering of Naphthalimide-Based COFs for Efficient H2O2 Photosynthesis (IMAGE)

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Journal Center

Electronic Structure Engineering of Naphthalimide-Based COFs for Efficient H2O2 Photosynthesis

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  • Naphthalimide-based donor–acceptor COFs were constructed by integrating an NDI acceptor unit with different aromatic donor cores to regulate electronic properties.
  • Increasing in-plane conjugation and decreasing core polarity promote charge separation and directional carrier transport, enhancing photocatalytic activity.
  • Under visible-light irradiation, the optimized COF drives coupled oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and water oxidation reaction (WOR) pathways to achieve efficient H2O2 photosynthesis from O2 and H2O.

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Qiang Ma, Guang-en Fu, Junyi Han, Yuan Chen, Mengwei Chen, Haoyong Yang, Juanfang Xu, Jianing Wang, Paolo Samori and Tao Zhang.

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