Eosin Y-Functionalized Conjugated Organic Polymers for Visible-Light-Driven CO2 Reduction with H2O to CO with High Efficiency

  • Xiaoxiao Yu
  • , Zhenzhen Yang
  • , Bing Qiu
  • , Shien Guo
  • , Peng Yang
  • , Bo Yu
  • , Hongye Zhang
  • , Yanfei Zhao
  • , Xinzheng Yang
  • , Buxing Han
  • , Zhimin Liu

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Abstract

Visible-light-driven photoreduction of CO2 to energy-rich chemicals in the presence of H2O without any sacrifice reagent is of significance, but challenging. Herein, Eosin Y-functionalized porous polymers (PEosinY-N, N=1–3), with high surface areas up to 610 m2 g−1, are reported. They exhibit high activity for the photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO in the presence of gaseous H2O, without any photosensitizer or sacrifice reagent, and under visible-light irradiation. Especially, PEosinY-1 derived from coupling of Eosin Y with 1,4-diethynylbenzene shows the best performance for the CO2 photoreduction, affording CO as the sole carbonaceous product with a production rate of 33 μmol g−1 h−1 and a selectivity of 92 %. This work provides new insight for designing and fabricating photocatalytically active polymers with high efficiency for solar-energy conversion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)632-636
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume58
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 8 2019
Externally publishedYes

Funding

We thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21673256, 21533011) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (QYZDY-SSW-SLH013-2).

Keywords

  • CO
  • CO reduction
  • HO oxidation
  • photoreduction
  • porous organic polymer

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