Polyoxometalate built-in conjugated microporous polymers for visible-light heterogeneous photocatalysis

Herein, we report two novel Anderson-type polyoxometalate (POM) built-in conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs), Bn-Anderson-CMP and Th-Anderson-CMP prepared through Sonogashira-Hagihara cross-coupling of tetrabromo-bifunctionalized Anderson-type POMs and 1,3,5-triethynylbenzene. These two Anderson-CMPs exhibit outstanding heterogeneous photocatalytic activities towards degrading organic dyes in water. Control photocatalysis experiments with different radical scavengers demonstrate that hydrogen peroxide and singlet oxygen are the primary active catalytic species. Moreover, these two CMPs can be easily recycled at least five times without a noticeable decrease in photocatalytic performances.