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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 458, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2023.141360
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Covalent organic framework; Photocatalysis; CO2 photoreduction; Cobalt porphyrin; Tris-bipyridyl ruthenium (II)
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Efficient charge transfer and photocatalytic CO2 reduction were achieved by integrating the photosensitizer [Ru(bpy)3]2+ and active cobalt porphyrin sites into a covalent organic framework (COF), named COF-RuBpy-Co. The catalyst COF-RuBpyCo exhibited excellent CO2 photoreduction activity with a rate of 547 mu mol g(-1)h(-1), which is a 1.4-fold enhancement compared to the physical mixture of Ru(bpy)(3)Cl-2 and COF-Bpy-Co. This study provides insights into the charge carrier transfer process and highlights the potential of COFs in artificial photosynthesis.
Charge transfer efficiency between discrete photosensitizers and catalytic sites is a key limiting factor in artificial photosynthesis. It is highly desirable but challenging to efficiently combine the two sections into an integration system and get insight into the kinetics and mechanisms. Here in, the photosensitizer [Ru(bpy)3]2+ (bpy = 2,2 ' bipyridine) and active cobalt porphyrin (Co-Por) sites were integrated into a covalent organic framework (COF), named COF-RuBpy-Co, for efficient charge transfer and photocatalytic CO2 reduction. The catalyst COF-RuBpyCo exhibited excellent CO2 photoreduction activity towards CO production with a rate of 547 mu mol g(-1)h(-1), which is 1.4-fold enhancement over the physical mixture of Ru(bpy)(3)Cl-2 and COF-Bpy-Co. In situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy combined with theoretical calculation results revealed that COF-RuBpy-Co achieved efficient photoelectron transfer from [Ru(bpy)(3)](2+) to cobalt porphyrin. More importantly, transient absorption spectroscopy indicated that the covalent linking [Ru(bpy)(3)](2+) and Co-Por units realized a faster charge transfer (44.2 ps) over the large it-conjugated system. This work provides vital insights into the charge carrier transfer process and demonstrates the potential of COFs as a platform in artificial photosynthesis.
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