Nano-remediation technologies for the sustainable mitigation of persistent organic pollutants

L Fei, M Bilal, SA Qamar, HM Imran, A Riasat… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The absence of novel and efficient methods for the elimination of persistent organic
pollutants (POPs) from the environment is a serious concern in the society. The pollutants …

Preparation, characterization, evaluation and mechanistic study of organic polymer nano-photocatalysts for solar fuel production

MV Pavliuk, S Wrede, A Liu, A Brnovic… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Production of renewable fuels from solar energy and abundant resourses, such as water
and carbon dioxide, via photocatalytic reactions is seen as a promising strategy to …

Rational design of conjugated microporous polymer photocatalysts with definite D− π–A structures for ultrahigh photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity under …

C Han, S Xiang, S Jin, C Zhang, JX Jiang - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Organic polymers with conjugated architectures have been widely exploited as
photocatalyst materials for hydrogen generation. However, it is still an enormous challenge …

Direct Z-scheme polymeric heterojunction boosts photocatalytic hydrogen production via a rebuilt extended π-delocalized network

L Xu, B Tian, T Wang, Y Yu, Y Wu, J Cui… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Carrier recombination involved in polymeric photocatalysts includes undissociated exciton
decay and charge recombination, which are the major hindrance limiting their photocatalytic …

In–N–In Sites Boosting Interfacial Charge Transfer in Carbon-Coated Hollow Tubular In2O3/ZnIn2S4 Heterostructure Derived from In-MOF for Enhanced …

Q Zhang, J Zhang, X Wang, L Li, YF Li, WL Dai - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
A hierarchical hollow tubular In2O3/ZnIn2S4 heterostructure was rationally designed by
growing thin-layered ZnIn2S4 on the surface of carbon-coated hollow tubular In2O3 (C/HT …

A Universal Strategy for Boosting Hydrogen Evolution Activity of Polymer Photocatalysts under Visible Light by Inserting a Narrow‐Band‐Gap Spacer between Donor …

C Han, S Xiang, P Xie, P Dong, C Shu… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
It is challenging for polymer photocatalysts to achieve high photocatalytic performance
under visible light due to their weak light absorption in visible light region. Herein, a …

Reversible electrochemical charging of n-type conjugated polymer electrodes in aqueous electrolytes

AA Szumska, IP Maria, LQ Flagg, A Savva… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conjugated polymers achieve redox activity in electrochemical devices by combining redox-
active, electronically conducting backbones with ion-transporting side chains that can be …

Side‐Chain Molecular Engineering of Triazole‐Based Donor‐Acceptor Polymeric Photocatalysts with Strong Electron Push‐Pull Interactions

Z Luo, X Chen, Y Hu, X Chen, W Lin, X Wu… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A new series of donor‐acceptor (D‐A)‐type semiconductive polymers were generated by the
integration of electron‐deficient alkyl chain anchored triazole (TA) moieties and electron …

The effect of glycol side chains on the assembly and microstructure of conjugated polymers

S Moro, N Siemons, O Drury, DA Warr, TA Moriarty… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conjugated polymers with glycol-based chains, are emerging as a material class with
promising applications as organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors, particularly in …

Panchromatic ternary polymer dots involving sub-picosecond energy and charge transfer for efficient and stable photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

A Liu, L Gedda, M Axelsson, M Pavliuk… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Panchromatic ternary polymer dots (Pdots) consisting of two conjugated polymers (PFBT
and PFODTBT) based on fluorene and benzothiadiazole groups, and one small molecular …