Accelerated Synthesis and Discovery of Covalent Organic Framework Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Peroxide Production

作者：Wei Zhao, Peiyao Yan, Boyu Li, Mounib Bahri, Lunjie Liu, Xiang Zhou, Rob Clowes, Nigel D. Browning, Yue Wu, John W. Ward, Andrew I. Cooper · 发表于：Journal of the American Chemical Society · 年份：2022 · DOI：10.1021/jacs.2c02666 · 被引用次数：614 · 研究领域：Covalent Organic Framework Applications、Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques、Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications

High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide A high-throughput sonochemical synthesis and testing strategy was developed to discover covalent organic frameworks (COFs) for photocatalysis. In total, 76 conjugated polymers were synthesized, including 60 crystalline COFs of which 18 were previously unreported. These COFs were then screened for photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) production using water and oxygen. One of these COFs, sonoCOF-F2, was found to be an excellent photocatalyst for photocatalytic H 2 O 2 production even in the absence of sacrificial donors. However, after long-term photocatalytic tests (96 h), the imine sonoCOF-F2 transformed into an amide-linked COF with reduced crystallinity and loss of electronic conjugation, decreasing the photocatalytic activity. When benzyl alcohol was introduced to form a two-phase catalytic system, the photostability of sonoCOF-F2 was greatly enhanced, leading to stable H 2 O 2 production for at least 1 week.