Incorporating Heteroatoms into Fluorene-type Conjugated Polymers for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production

20 September 2019, Version 1
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Abstract

The photocatalytic performance of fluorene-type polymer photocatalysts for hydrogen production from water in the presence of a sacrificial hole scavenger is significantly improved by the incorporation of heteroatoms into the bridge-head. This improvement can be explained by a combination of factors, such as changes in thermodynamic driving-force, particle size, dispersibility under photocatalytic conditions, and light absorption.

Keywords

photocatalysis
hydrogen production
conjugated polymers
heterofluoenes
solution processible photocatalysts

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