Conformation-driven exciton transfer in pyrene-sulfone covalent organic frameworks for bifunctional photocatalysis
Mengxu Ran, Xiang Zhang, Jing Lin, Rahul Anil Borse, Linlin Zhang, Yaobing Wang
Abstract
We report a new COF consisting of pyrene and sulfone moieties, which reversibly transforms from twisted to planar in polar media and shows conformation-driven exciton transfer kinetics and bifunctional photocatalytic activities of HER and OER.
Topics & Concepts
BifunctionalPyrenePhotocatalysisSulfoneCovalent bondPhotochemistryExcitonChemistryMaterials sciencePolymer chemistryOrganic chemistryCatalysisPhysicsQuantum mechanicsCovalent Organic Framework ApplicationsPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsConducting polymers and applications