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ArticleNature communications2023

Metal-free photoanodes for C-H functionalization.

Junfang Zhang, Yuntao Zhu, Christian Njel, Yuxin Liu, Pietro Dallabernardina, Molly M Stevens, Peter H Seeberger, Oleksandr Savateev, Felix F Loeffler

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Junfang ZhangMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Muehlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.
Yuntao ZhuMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Muehlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.
Christian NjelInstitute for Applied Materials (IAM) and Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMFi), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
Yuxin LiuMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Muehlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.
Pietro DallabernardinaMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Muehlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.
Molly M StevensDepartment of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, and Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7335-266X
Peter H SeebergerMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Muehlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.
Oleksandr SavateevMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Muehlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany. Oleksandr.Savatieiev@mpikg.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5760-6033
Felix F LoefflerMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Muehlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany. Felix.Loeffler@mpikg.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8227-2522
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces · DEChinese University of Hong Kong · HKKarlsruhe Institute of Technology · DENIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/R015651/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organic semiconductors, such as carbon nitride, when employed as powders, show attractive photocatalytic properties, but their photoelectrochemical performance suffers from low charge transport capability, charge carrier recombination, and self-oxidation. High film-substrate affinity and well-designed heterojunction structures may address these issues, achieved through advanced film generation techniques. Here, we introduce a spin coating pretreatment of a conductive substrate with a multipurpose polymer and a supramolecular precursor, followed by chemical vapor deposition for the synthesis of dual-layer carbon nitride photoelectrodes. These photoelectrodes are composed of a porous microtubular top layer and an interlayer between the porous film and the conductive substrate. The polymer improves the polymerization degree of carbon nitride and introduces C-C bonds to increase its electrical conductivity. These carbon nitride photoelectrodes exhibit state-of-the-art photoelectrochemical performance and achieve high yield in C-H functionalization. This carbon nitride photoelectrode synthesis strategy may be readily adapted to other reported processes to optimize their performance.

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PMID37925550
PMCPMC10625597
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