Industrial growth in recent years led to air pollution and an increase in concentration of hazardous gases such as O<sub>3</sub> and NO. Developing new materials is important to detect and reduce air pollu...Industrial growth in recent years led to air pollution and an increase in concentration of hazardous gases such as O<sub>3</sub> and NO. Developing new materials is important to detect and reduce air pollutants. While catalytic decomposition and zeolites are traditional ways used to reduce the amount of these gases. We need to develop and explore new promising materials. Covalent organic framework (COF) has become an attractive platform for researcher due to its extended robust covalent bonds, porosity, and crystallinity. In this study, first principal calculations were performed for gases adsorption using COFs containing nitrogen and π-bonds. Different building blocks (BBs) and linkers (LINKs/LINK1 & LINK2) were investigated by means of density functional theory (DFT) calculations with B3LYP and 3-21G basis sets to calculate the binding energies of gases @COF systems. Electrostatic potential maps (ESPM), Mulliken charges and non-covalent interaction (NCI) are used to understand the type of interactions between gas and COFs fragments. O3 was found to bind strongly with COF system in comparison with NO which could make COF a useful selective material for mixed gases environment for sensing and removal application.展开更多
Three novel donor-n-acceptor （D-π-A） metal-free organic dyes （TB, TS and TF） based on tri（triphenylamine）- substituted styrene as donor with various conjugated linkers （benzene, thiophene and furan） were synt...Three novel donor-n-acceptor （D-π-A） metal-free organic dyes （TB, TS and TF） based on tri（triphenylamine）- substituted styrene as donor with various conjugated linkers （benzene, thiophene and furan） were synthesized, characterized and used for the application of dye-sensitized solar cells （DSSCs）. Under the same condition, The photo-to-electrical conversion efficiency of the DSSCs sensitized with TB, TS and TF reach 1.84%, 4.10% and 4.52%, respectively, which are lower than that sensitized with RI （5.02%） with one triphenylamine unit. The results suggest that these bulky donor-based sensitizers are unfavorable to DSSCs.展开更多
文摘Industrial growth in recent years led to air pollution and an increase in concentration of hazardous gases such as O<sub>3</sub> and NO. Developing new materials is important to detect and reduce air pollutants. While catalytic decomposition and zeolites are traditional ways used to reduce the amount of these gases. We need to develop and explore new promising materials. Covalent organic framework (COF) has become an attractive platform for researcher due to its extended robust covalent bonds, porosity, and crystallinity. In this study, first principal calculations were performed for gases adsorption using COFs containing nitrogen and π-bonds. Different building blocks (BBs) and linkers (LINKs/LINK1 & LINK2) were investigated by means of density functional theory (DFT) calculations with B3LYP and 3-21G basis sets to calculate the binding energies of gases @COF systems. Electrostatic potential maps (ESPM), Mulliken charges and non-covalent interaction (NCI) are used to understand the type of interactions between gas and COFs fragments. O3 was found to bind strongly with COF system in comparison with NO which could make COF a useful selective material for mixed gases environment for sensing and removal application.
文摘Three novel donor-n-acceptor （D-π-A） metal-free organic dyes （TB, TS and TF） based on tri（triphenylamine）- substituted styrene as donor with various conjugated linkers （benzene, thiophene and furan） were synthesized, characterized and used for the application of dye-sensitized solar cells （DSSCs）. Under the same condition, The photo-to-electrical conversion efficiency of the DSSCs sensitized with TB, TS and TF reach 1.84%, 4.10% and 4.52%, respectively, which are lower than that sensitized with RI （5.02%） with one triphenylamine unit. The results suggest that these bulky donor-based sensitizers are unfavorable to DSSCs.
