Linear Semiconducting Polymers as Photoanodes for Oxidation Reactions

Abstract

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting has attracted significant attention in the general field of photocatalysis. However, the high cost of constructing PEC systems limits their practical application. Recently, an innovative approach was proposed to synthesize linear semiconducting polymer-based films. The polymer structure was optimized for oxidation reactions. Furthermore, the active site of the optimal linear polymer was investigated through in-situ characterizations. This work has the potential to address the challenges of high material costs and polymer film development in PEC technology.

Keywords

Polymer photoanode / Semiconducting polymers / Oxidation reactions / Photocatalysis

Author Contributions

Y.F. and S.W. conceived the topic of this research highlight. M.Z. and N.L. wrote the initial draft. M.Z., N.L., Y.F. and S.W. made revisions. Y.F. and S.W. supervised the writing of the manuscript. All authors have given approval to the final version of the manuscript.

Ethics Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

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Data Availability Statement

Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study.

Funding

This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2022YFE0114800) and 111 Project (D16008).

Declaration of Competing Interest

The author declares that he/she has no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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