Preparation, characterization, evaluation and mechanistic study of organic polymer nano-photocatalysts for solar fuel production
Mariia V. Pavliuk, Sina Wrede, Aijie Liu, Andjela Brnovic, Sicong Wang, Martin Axelsson, Haining Tian
Abstract
cocatalyst loading and morphology tuning. We present an analysis on how the preparative methods will impact the physico-chemical properties of these materials, and thus the catalytic activity. A list of experimental techniques is presented for characterization of the physico-chemical properties (optical, morphological, electrochemical and catalytic properties) of PNPs. We provide detailed analysis of PNP photochemistry during photocatalysis with focus on the mechanistic understanding of processes of internal charge generation and transport to the catalyst. This tutorial review provides the reader with the guidelines on current strategies used to optimize PNP performance highlighting the future directions of polymer nano-photocatalysts development.