Solution-processable polymers of intrinsic microporosity for gas-phase carbon dioxide photoreduction

Floriana Moruzzi; Weimin Zhang; Balaji Purushothaman; Soranyel Gonzalez-Carrero; Catherine M. Aitchison; Benjamin Willner; Fabien Ceugniet; Yuanbao Lin; Jan Kosco; Hu Chen; Junfu Tian; Maryam Alsufyani; Joshua S. Gibson; Ed Rattner; Yasmine Baghdadi; Salvador Eslava; Marios Neophytou; James R. Durrant; Ludmilla Steier; Iain McCulloch

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Solution-processable polymers of intrinsic microporosity for gas-phase carbon dioxide photoreduction

Floriana Moruzzi, Weimin Zhang, Balaji Purushothaman, Soranyel Gonzalez-Carrero, Catherine M. Aitchison, Benjamin Willner, Fabien Ceugniet, Yuanbao Lin, Jan Kosco, Hu Chen, Junfu Tian, Maryam Alsufyani, Joshua S. Gibson, Ed Rattner, Yasmine Baghdadi, Salvador Eslava, Marios Neophytou, James R. Durrant, Ludmilla Steier, Iain McCulloch

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Four solution-processable, linear conjugated polymers of intrinsic porosity are synthesised and tested for gas phase carbon dioxide photoreduction. The polymers’ photoreduction efficiency is investigated as a function of their porosity, optical properties, energy levels and photoluminescence. All polymers successfully form carbon monoxide as the main product, without the addition of metal co-catalysts. The best performing single component polymer yields a rate of 66 μmol h⁻¹ m⁻², which we attribute to the polymer exhibiting macroporosity and the longest exciton lifetimes. The addition of copper iodide, as a source of a copper co-catalyst in the polymers shows an increase in rate, with the best performing polymer achieving a rate of 175 μmol h⁻¹ m⁻². The polymers are active for over 100 h under operating conditions. This work shows the potential of processable polymers of intrinsic porosity for use in the gas phase photoreduction of carbon dioxide towards solar fuels.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	3443
Journal	Nature communications
Volume	14
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39161-6
State	Published - Dec 2023
Externally published	Yes

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Physics and Astronomy

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Moruzzi, F., Zhang, W., Purushothaman, B., Gonzalez-Carrero, S., Aitchison, C. M., Willner, B., Ceugniet, F., Lin, Y., Kosco, J., Chen, H., Tian, J., Alsufyani, M., Gibson, J. S., Rattner, E., Baghdadi, Y., Eslava, S., Neophytou, M., Durrant, J. R., Steier, L., & McCulloch, I. (2023). Solution-processable polymers of intrinsic microporosity for gas-phase carbon dioxide photoreduction. Nature communications, 14(1), Article 3443. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39161-6

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Moruzzi, F, Zhang, W, Purushothaman, B, Gonzalez-Carrero, S, Aitchison, CM, Willner, B, Ceugniet, F, Lin, Y, Kosco, J, Chen, H, Tian, J, Alsufyani, M, Gibson, JS, Rattner, E, Baghdadi, Y, Eslava, S, Neophytou, M, Durrant, JR, Steier, L & McCulloch, I 2023, 'Solution-processable polymers of intrinsic microporosity for gas-phase carbon dioxide photoreduction', Nature communications, vol. 14, no. 1, 3443. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39161-6

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