Metal-Covalent Organic Frameworks for Efficient Photocatalytic Reactions
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanostructured Catalysts".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 203
Special Issue Editors
Interests: covalent organic frameworks; photocatalysis; CO2 reduction; water splitting; small-molecule organocatalysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs), a class of well-defined crystalline organic functional materials with flexible structural designability and high stability, are promising platforms for designing efficient photocatalysts. However, most COFs have shown chemical inertness, especially for photocatalytic reactions, because they are only composed of C, N, O and H elements. It is well known that metal atoms/ions can effectively regulate the optical properties of photocatalysts and be used as active sites, thereby effectively regulating the photocatalytic performance. Therefore, designing a homogeneous distribution of metals in COFs, which are called metal–covalent organic frameworks (MOFs), will be a good solution for photocatalysis.
This Special Issue, entitled “Metal–Covalent Organic Frameworks for Efficient Photocatalytic Reactions,” will mainly focus on the new developmental progress of MCOFs and aim to provide novel methods for their design, synthesis, and characterization, as well as their applications in the field of photocatalysis. All studies (experimental and theoretical) within the scope of this Special Issue, including original research and review articles, short communications, and perspective articles, are invited for submission. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Metal-covalent organic frameworks;
- Photocatalysis;
- Characterization techniques for studying MCOFs;
- CO2, CH4, and organic molecule photoconversion;
- Photodegradation reactions;
- Hydrogen production;
- Heterogeneous catalysis.
Dr. Meng Lu
Dr. Mi Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metal-covalent organic frameworks
- photocatalysis
- characterization techniques for studying MCOFs
- CO2, CH4, and organic molecule photoconversion
- photodegradation reactions
- hydrogen production
- heterogeneous catalysis
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