Construction of 3D covalent organic frameworks for highly efficient sonocatalytic H2 evolution
Congjie Liu1,2, Guorong Li2, Wen-Jie Chen2
1Fujian Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China. chengzhibin@fjnu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
With worsening global energy and ecological crises, clean hydrogen (H2) production has become a research hotspot in energy science, and sonocatalytic H2 production shows unique potential by converting waste mechanical energy to drive H2 production in aqueous media. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have emerged as promising candidates for H2 production, yet there are few reports on COFs for sonocatalytic H2 production. Herein, two three-dimensional (3D) COFs (ET2P COF and ETA COF) were constructed and their application performance in sonocatalytic H2 evolution was systematically investigated. The experimental results showed that the H2 evolution rate of ET2P COF reaches 11.22 mmol g-1 h-1 under the optimal conditions (180 W, 45 kHz), which is significantly superior to that of ETA COF and most reported sonocatalytic catalysts, and it also has good cycling stability. The enhancement of its performance is attributed to the stronger charge separation efficiency and more favorable energy band structure. This work broadens the application horizons of 3D COF materials in sonocatalytic systems.
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