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The diverse nature of organic precursors offers a versatile platform for precisely tailoring the electronic properties of semiconducting polymers. In this study, three fully conjugated sp(2) carbon-linked polymers have been designed and synthesized for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution under visible-light illumination, by copolymerizing different C-3-symmetric aromatic aldehydes as knots with the 1,4-phenylene diacetonitrile (PDAN) linker through a C=C condensation reaction. The hydrogen evolution (HER) is achieved at a maximum rate of 30.2 mmol g(-1) h(-1) over a polymer based on 2,4,6-triphenyl-1,3,5-triazine units linked by cyano-substituted phenylene, with an apparent quantum yield (AQY) of 7.20 % at 420 nm. Increasing the degree of conjugation and planarity not only extends visible-light absorption, but also stabilizes the fully conjugated sp(2)-carbon-linked donor-acceptor (D-A) polymer. Incorporating additional electron-withdrawing triazine units into the D-A polymer to form multiple electron donors and acceptors can greatly promote exciton separation and charge transfer, thus significantly enhancing the photocatalytic activity.
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CHEMSUSCHEM
ISSN: 1864-5631
Year: 2020
Issue: 4
Volume: 13
Page: 672-676
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ESI Discipline: CHEMISTRY;
ESI HC Threshold:160
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:1
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WoS CC Cited Count: 36
SCOPUS Cited Count: 35
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