Phenoxazine-based small molecule heterojunction nanoparticles for photocatalytic hydrogen production

Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 May 4;59(37):5611-5614. doi: 10.1039/d3cc01013a.

Abstract

A phenoxazine-based small organic molecular donor POZ-M is designed and synthesized to prepare organic heterojunction nanoparticles (NPs) with a small molecular acceptor ITIC for photocatalytic hydrogen production, giving a reaction rate of up to 63 mmol g-1 h-1. A beneficial molecular design strategy highlights the role of miscibility between POZ-M and ITIC, which is necessary to achieve satisfactory charge separation at the donor/acceptor interface.