Molecular Engineering of Conjugated Polybenzothiadiazoles for Enhanced Hydrogen Production by Photosynthesis

作者:Yang, Can; Ma, Beatriz Chiyin; Zhang, Linzhu; Lin, Sen; Ghasimi, Saman; Landfester, Katharina; Zhang, Kai A. I.*; Wang, Xinchen*
来源:Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2016, 55(32): 9202-9206.
DOI:10.1002/anie.201603532

摘要

The search for metal-free organic photocatalysts for H-2 production from water using visible light remains a key challenge. Reported herein is a molecular structural design of pure organic photocatalysts, derived from conjugated polybenzothiadiazoles, for photocatalytic H-2 evolution using visible light. By alternating the substitution position of the electron-withdrawing benzothiadizole unit on the phenyl unit as a comonomer, various polymers with either one-or threedimensional structures were synthesized and the effect of the molecular structure on their catalytic activity was investigated. Photocatalytic H-2 evolution efficiencies up to 116 mu mol h(-1) were observed by employing the linear polymer based on a phenyl-benzothiadiazole alternating main chain, with an apparent quantum yield (AQY) of 4.01% at 420 nm using triethanolamine as the sacrificial agent.