Material Design of Polymeric Photocatalysts
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 August 2023) | Viewed by 2265
Special Issue Editor
Interests: photocatalyst design based on biopolymers (e.g., cellulose); metal–organic frameworks; metal sulfide; covalent organic frameworks; g-C3N4; photocatalytic materials for energy and environmental applications
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Dear Colleagues,
Artificial photocatalysis is deemed one of the most promising pathways for mitigating environmental contamination and the energy dilemma caused by the rapid development of modern technology. Versatile polymers nowadays play an increasingly important role in the design of photocatalysts due to their various merits, including their cost-effectiveness, functionality and structural tunability.
This Special Issue aims to cover all polymeric materials designed for photocatalysis, which mainly consist of the following three types: (1) polymers with semiconducting behaviors, which can drive photocatalytic reaction themselves, such as carbon nitride (g-C3N4), conjugated polymers and covalent organic frameworks (COFs); (2) conducting polymers, which can accelerate photo-excited charge transfer, such as polypyrrole (PPy) and polyaniline (PANI); and (3) polymers that act as assistants or substrates, which can tailor the physicochemical properties of photocatalysts or transform photocatalyst powders into monoliths with various shapes and sizes (e.g., films, gels), such as cellulose, chitin and chitosan.
Dr. Jianhao Qiu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymers
- photocatalysts
- carbon nitrides
- covalent organic frameworks
- biopolymers
- cellulose
- polymer monoliths
- hybrid materials
- functionalization
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