<p>Photocatalytic synthesis has been considered a promising technology for solar-to-chemicals conversion. Here, a series of novel photocatalysts was synthesized by decorating uranyl sites on imine-based covalent organic frameworks (i-COF) and proved functioning for the uniformly boosted H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> production by 1.6–10.1 folds compared with the bare i-COFs in a wide pH range from 2 to 11. Typically, an optimal H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> production rate of 1435.9 µmol g<sup>−1</sup> h<sup>−1</sup>, i.e., 28.72 mmol g<sub>(U)</sub><sup>−1</sup> h<sup>−1</sup>, was realized over uranyl decorated TTa-COFs under visible light. Systematic investigations reveal that the universally and remarkably promoted performance is attributed to the outstanding electron-transfer ability, accelerated activation of molecular oxygen and favored formation of ·O<sub>2</sub><sup>−</sup> and *OOH as the key intermediate by virtue of the decorated uranyl ions; thus the two-step single-electron oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) for H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> photo-generation is significantly facilitated. This work paves a new way for the uranyl-decorated COFs as a novel photocatalyst and provides in-depth insight to the reaction mechanism for photocatalytic H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> production.</p>

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Accelerated oxygen activation over uranyl decorated covalent organic framework for universally promoted H2O2 photosynthesis

  • Zewen Shen,
  • Yana Chen,
  • Ruiqing Cai,
  • Yang Liu,
  • Yezi Hu,
  • Na Wang,
  • Haotian Zhang,
  • Guixia Zhao,
  • Yanyu Liu,
  • Xiubing Huang,
  • Xiangke Wang

摘要

Photocatalytic synthesis has been considered a promising technology for solar-to-chemicals conversion. Here, a series of novel photocatalysts was synthesized by decorating uranyl sites on imine-based covalent organic frameworks (i-COF) and proved functioning for the uniformly boosted H2O2 production by 1.6–10.1 folds compared with the bare i-COFs in a wide pH range from 2 to 11. Typically, an optimal H2O2 production rate of 1435.9 µmol g−1 h−1, i.e., 28.72 mmol g(U)−1 h−1, was realized over uranyl decorated TTa-COFs under visible light. Systematic investigations reveal that the universally and remarkably promoted performance is attributed to the outstanding electron-transfer ability, accelerated activation of molecular oxygen and favored formation of ·O2 and *OOH as the key intermediate by virtue of the decorated uranyl ions; thus the two-step single-electron oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) for H2O2 photo-generation is significantly facilitated. This work paves a new way for the uranyl-decorated COFs as a novel photocatalyst and provides in-depth insight to the reaction mechanism for photocatalytic H2O2 production.