Nature Communications (Sep 2022)
Main-chain engineering of polymer photocatalysts with hydrophilic non-conjugated segments for visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution
- Chih-Li Chang,
- Wei-Cheng Lin,
- Li-Yu Ting,
- Chin-Hsuan Shih,
- Shih-Yuan Chen,
- Tse-Fu Huang,
- Hiroyuki Tateno,
- Jayachandran Jayakumar,
- Wen-Yang Jao,
- Chen-Wei Tai,
- Che-Yi Chu,
- Chin-Wen Chen,
- Chi-Hua Yu,
- Yu-Jung Lu,
- Chi-Chang Hu,
- Ahmed M. Elewa,
- Takehisa Mochizuki,
- Ho-Hsiu Chou
Affiliations
- Chih-Li Chang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
- Wei-Cheng Lin
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
- Li-Yu Ting
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
- Chin-Hsuan Shih
- Department of Engineering Science, National Cheng Kung University
- Shih-Yuan Chen
- Energy Catalyst Technology Group, Energy Process Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- Tse-Fu Huang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
- Hiroyuki Tateno
- Energy Catalyst Technology Group, Energy Process Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- Jayachandran Jayakumar
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
- Wen-Yang Jao
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
- Chen-Wei Tai
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
- Che-Yi Chu
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University
- Chin-Wen Chen
- Department of Molecular Science and Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology
- Chi-Hua Yu
- Department of Engineering Science, National Cheng Kung University
- Yu-Jung Lu
- Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica
- Chi-Chang Hu
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
- Ahmed M. Elewa
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
- Takehisa Mochizuki
- Energy Catalyst Technology Group, Energy Process Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- Ho-Hsiu Chou
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33211-1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
The introduction of hydrophilic segments into the main-chain of polymer photocatalysts allows water to efficiently enter the interior through these hydrophilic segments, and results in effective water/polymer interfaces for hydrogen evolution.