Structure-property relationships for covalent triazine-based frameworks: The effect of spacer length on photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water

Polymer

Volumn 126, Issue , 2017, Pages 283-290

  Meier, Christian B ^a   Sprick, Reiner Sebastian ^a   Monti, Adriano ^b   Guiglion, Pierre ^b   Lee, Jet Sing M ^a   Zwijnenburg, Martijn A ^b   Cooper, Andrew I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Covalent triazine based framework (CTF); Hydrogen evolution from water; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

CONJUGATED MICROPOROUS POLYMERS; COVALENT TRIAZINE-BASED FRAMEWORKS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; THERMODYNAMIC DRIVING FORCES; TRIFLUOROMETHANE SULFONIC ACID;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 85018988738     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2017.04.017     Document Type: Article

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