Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Constitutional isomerism of the linkages in donor–acceptor covalent organic frameworks and its impact on photocatalysis

  • Jin Yang,
  • Samrat Ghosh,
  • Jérôme Roeser,
  • Amitava Acharjya,
  • Christopher Penschke,
  • Yusuke Tsutsui,
  • Jabor Rabeah,
  • Tianyi Wang,
  • Simon Yves Djoko Tameu,
  • Meng-Yang Ye,
  • Julia Grüneberg,
  • Shuang Li,
  • Changxia Li,
  • Reinhard Schomäcker,
  • Roel Van De Krol,
  • Shu Seki,
  • Peter Saalfrank,
  • Arne Thomas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33875-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Systematic investigation of isomerism in covalent organic frameworks (COFs) can provide key insights into their properties. Here, the authors reveal that the constitutional isomerism of the linkage i.e., linkage orientations distinctly impact COFs’ structural and photophysical properties.