Band Structure Engineering of Schiff-Base Microporous Organic Polymers for Enhanced Visible-Light Photocatalytic Performance

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Xiao, Zhichang
Huang, Xiaoxiong
Zhao, Kun
Song, Qi
Guo, Ruiying
Zhang, Xinghao
Zhou, Shanke
Kong, Debin
Wagner, Manfred
Muellen, Klaus
Zhi, Linjie
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2019
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Schiff‐base networks (SBNs), as typical examples of nitrogen‐doped microporous organic polymers (MOPs), exhibit promising application prospects owing to their stable properties and tunable chemical structures. However, their band structure engineering, which plays a key role in optical properties, remains elusive due to the complicated mechanisms behind energy level adjustment. In this work, a series of SBNs are fabricated by tailoring the ratio of p‐phthalaldehyde and o‐phthalaldehyde in the Schiff‐base chemistry reaction with melamine, resulting in a straightforward as well as continuous tuning of their band gaps ranging from 4.4 to 1.4 eV. Consequently, SBNs can be successfully used as photocatalysts with excellent visible‐light photocatalytic activity even under metal‐free conditions. Significantly, electronic structures of SBNs are systematically studied by electrochemical and spectroscopic characterizations, demonstrating that the enhanced performance is ascribed to proper band structure and improved charge separation ability. More importantly, in combination with theoretical calculations, the band structure regulation mechanism and band structure‐photocatalytic property relationship are deeply disclosed. The results obtained from this study will not only furnish SBN materials with excellent performance for solar energy conversion, but also open up elegant protocols for the molecular engineering of MOPs with desirable band structures.

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15

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34

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Nanotechnology

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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Chemistry, Physical

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Xiao, Z; Huang, X; Zhao, K; Song, Q; Guo, R; Zhang, X; Zhou, S; Kong, D; Wagner, M; Muellen, K; Zhi, L, Band Structure Engineering of Schiff-Base Microporous Organic Polymers for Enhanced Visible-Light Photocatalytic Performance, Small, 2019, 15 (34)

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