Table 1.
Comparison of photocatalytic activity associated involving materials with polar cores and/or side-chains.
| Organic Photocatalyst |
Experimental Conditions | Light Source | HER (μmol h−1 g−1) |
EQE (%) |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P10 | 25 mg photocatalyst; 25 mL H2O, MeOH, TEA (1:1:1); Pd 0.4 wt. % |
300 W Xe, >420 nm filter |
3260 | 11.6 (at 420 nm) |
[48] |
| PyDTDO-3 | 10 mg photocatalyst; 90 mL 1.0 M ascorbic acid at pH 2.53, 10 mL DMF; Pd 16 ppm |
300 W Xe, >420 nm filter |
16,320 | 3.70 (at 420 nm) |
[82] |
| PBDTTS-1SO | 2 mg photocatalyst; 9 mL 1 M ascorbic acid at pH 4, 1 mL NMP; Pd 0.69 wt. % Pt 3 wt. % (b) |
350 W Xe, >380 nm filter |
97,120 | 13.5 (at 420 nm) |
[85] |
| PDPP3B-O4 | 25 mg photocatalyst; 60 mL H2O, TEA (5:1); Pd 0.20 wt. % Pt 1 wt. % (b) |
300 W Xe, >400 nm filter |
5530 | 5.76 (at 450 nm) |
[96] |
| FS-TEG | 25 mg photocatalyst; 22.5 mL H2O, MeOH, TEA (1:1:1); Pd 0.3 wt. % |
300 W Xe, >420 nm filter |
2900 | 10 (at 420 nm) |
[95] |
| PBDTBT-7EO | 2.5 mg photocatalyst; 50 mL 0.2 M ascorbic acid at pH 4; Pt 3 wt. % (b) Residual Pd (a) |
300 W Xe, >420 nm filter |
12,800 | 0.3 (at 600 nm) |
[94] |
| PF6A-DBTO2 | 5 mg photocatalyst; 50 mL H2O, MeOH, TEA (3:1:1); Pd 1.37 wt. % |
300 W Xe, >420 nm filter |
21,930 | 8.28 (at 405 nm) |
[99] |
| P-HEG-10 | 5 mg photocatalyst; 10 mL H2O, MeOH, TEA (1:1:1); Pt 5 wt. % (c) Pd 0.024 wt. % |
300 W Xe, >380 nm filter |
10,800 | 18.19 (at 420 nm) |
[100] |
| PFBr-PhCN | 2.5 mg photocatalyst; 50 mL 0.2 M ascorbic acid at pH 4; Pt 3 wt. % (b) Pd 1.32 wt. % |
300 W Xe, filter not specified |
15,320 | 0.42 (at 450 nm) |
[111] |
| PSO-FNBr | 2.5 mg photocatalyst 100 mL H2O, 7.5 vol% TEOA Pt 3 wt. % (b) Pd 0.21 wt. % |
Xe (d), >420 nm filter |
14,500 | 0.9 (at 450 nm) |
[116] |
(a) Pd amount not specified. (b) Pt wt% value inferred in photodeposition. (c) Pt deposition process not specified. (d) Power not specified.