Conjugated Polymers: Catalysts for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Conjugated polymers, comprising fully π-conjugated systems, present a new generation of heterogeneous photocatalysts for solar-energy utilization. They have three key features, namely robustness, nontoxicity, and visible-light activity, for photocatalytic processes, thus making them appealing candidates for scale-up. Presented in this Minireview, is a brief summary on the recent development of various promising polymer photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution from aqueous solutions, including linear polymers, planarized polymers, triazine/heptazine polymers, and other related organic conjugated semiconductors, with a particular focus on the rational manipulation in the composition, architectures, and optical and…

• NS
  National Science Foundation
• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Award: 21425309
• HE
  Higher Education Discipline Innovation Project
• NK
  National Key Research and Development Program of China

  Award: 2013CB632405