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Covalent Triazine Frameworks via a Low‐Temperature Polycondensation Approach
Author(s) -
Wang Kewei,
Yang LiMing,
Wang Xi,
Guo Liping,
Cheng Guang,
Zhang Chun,
Jin Shangbin,
Tan Bien,
Cooper Andrew
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201708548
Subject(s) - triazine , covalent bond , photocatalysis , materials science , condensation polymer , pyrolysis , nanotechnology , combinatorial chemistry , chemical engineering , chemistry , catalysis , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering
Covalent triazine frameworks (CTFs) are normally synthesized by ionothermal methods. The harsh synthetic conditions and associated limited structural diversity do not benefit for further development and practical large‐scale synthesis of CTFs. Herein we report a new strategy to construct CTFs (CTF‐HUSTs) via a polycondensation approach, which allows the synthesis of CTFs under mild conditions from a wide array of building blocks. Interestingly, these CTFs display a layered structure. The CTFs synthesized were also readily scaled up to gram quantities. The CTFs are potential candidates for separations, photocatalysis and for energy storage applications. In particular, CTF‐HUSTs are found to be promising photocatalysts for sacrificial photocatalytic hydrogen evolution with a maximum rate of 2647 μmol h −1 g −1 under visible light. We also applied a pyrolyzed form of CTF‐HUST‐4 as an anode material in a sodium‐ion battery achieving an excellent discharge capacity of 467 mAh g −1 .