Changing Benzoxazole Ring into Nonring Imine Linkages on Covalent Organic Frameworks with Tuning H2O2 Photosynthesis Performance

Xueqing Peng, Yue Tian, Tao Yang, Xi Wang, Chunmei Song, Aiguo Kong

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Abstract

Two π-conjugated covalent organic frameworks (COFs) with nonring imine or benzoxazole ring linkages were prepared by reacting 3,3′-dihydrooxybenzidine (BDOH) with 3,5-triformylbenzene (Tb) in the presence or absence of benzimidazole (BDOH-Tb-IM and BDOH-Tb-BO). Although two COFs indicated similar composition, crystalline structures, and morphologies, imine-based BDOH-Tb-IM exhibited a photocatalytic H2O2 production rate of 2490 μmol·g-1·h-1 in sacrificial reagent-free pure water, higher than that of benzoxazole-based BDOH-Tb-BO-a (1168 μmol·g-1·h-1). The higher photocatalytic activity of BDOH-Tb-IM was attributed to its more efficient photoinduced charge separation and utilization efficiency and different 2e- ORR active sites over the two COFs. This study demonstrated an available ring effect to adjust photocatalytic performance between π-conjugated COFs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)40180-40189
Number of pages10
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume16
Issue number30
DOIs
StatePublished - 31 Jul 2024

Keywords

  • benzoxazole
  • covalent organic framework
  • hydrogen peroxide
  • imine
  • photosynthesis
  • ring effect

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