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Ying Lu1, Rongjian Sa2,3, Fushuai Zhang1
1Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300401, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs)-based dyads are emerging photocatalysts in solar-driven hydrogen production, it is crucial to expose active sites and promote mass transfer for promoting photocatalytic efficiency. Herein, surfactant-induced dynamic pore-making strategy to construct noble-metal-free photocatalytic systems by combining the ketoenamine-linked COFs on the surface of spinel-structured CuCo2S4 (CuCo2S4/TpPa-Cl2) is developed. The open hierarchically porous dyads supply rich active sites and enough channels for mass transfer. Hydrogen evolution rate of CuCo2S4/TpPa-Cl2 is as high as 25.56 mmol g-1 h-1 under visible light irradiation, which significantly surpasses those in surfactant-free counterpart (1.63 mmol g-1 h-1) and Pt-loaded TpPa-Cl2 (12.38 mmol g-1 h-1). Apparent quantum efficiency at 420 nm reaches 2.24%. This study presents new protocols for constructing noble-metal-free COFs-based photocatalytic systems with efficient solar energy conversion.
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