A Methylthio-Functionalized-MOF Photocatalyst with High Performance for Visible-Light-Driven H2 Evolution

Recently, the emergence of photoactive metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) has given great prospects for their applications as photocatalytic materials in visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution. Herein, a highly photoactive visible-light-driven material for H-2 evolution was prepared by introducing methylthio terephthalate into a MOF lattice via solvent-assisted ligand-exchange method. Accordingly, a first methylthio-functionalized porous MOF decorated with Pt co-catalyst for efficient photocatalytic H-2 evolution was achieved, which exhibited a high quantum yield (8.90%) at 420nm by use sacrificial triethanolamine. This hybrid material exhibited perfect H-2 production rate as high as 3814.0molg(-1)h(-1), which even is one order of magnitude higher than that of the state-of-the-art Pt/MOF photocatalyst derived from aminoterephthalate.