Amide Linkages in Pyrene-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks toward Efficient Photocatalytic Reduction of Uranyl

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Abstract

The bond linkages in covalent organic frameworks (COFs) partly determine its physical and chemical properties, thus affecting the photoreactive activity by influencing the generation of photoelectrons and the separation of excitons. Herein, pyrene-based amide COF 4,4',4″,4‴-(pyrene-1,3,6,8-tetrayl)tetrabenzaldehyde-3,8-diamino-6-phenylphenanthridine (TFPPy-DP) was synthesized by postsynthetic modification of imine COFs. Due to the introduction of oxygen atoms into the framework and the change in polarity, an increased number of photogenerated electrons and a wide band gap for amide COFs were found, hydrophilicity and dispersibility were prompted as well. Both imine and amide COF TFPPy-DP were applied in the photocatalytic reduction and removal of toxic U(VI) under visible light, the catalytic reduction equilibrium (91% removal percentage of 238 ppm U at pH 3) was achieved by imine COFs with 10 h of irradiation, while amide COFs only took 2 h of irradiation (82% removal percentage). The much faster photocatalytic reduction rate of U(VI) can be attributed to the fact that amide COF TFPPy-DP retained crystallinity and permanent porosity and exhibited lower electrochemical impedance and enhanced charge separation and accumulation. Further electronic excitation analysis based on time-dependent density functional theory calculations revealed that the intramolecular charge-transfer effect in amide TFPPy-DP enhanced its photocatalytic rate.

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