Fabrication of Conjugated Porous Polymer Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reactions: A Bottom-Up Approach

• Main Authors: Sujoy Bandyopadhyay, Su Ryong Ha, M. Alam Khan, Cheongbeom Lee, Hong In Jeong, Snehal Lokhandwala, Mohaseen S. Tamboli, Bo Ram Lee, Danil W. Boukhvalov, Hyosung Choi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
• Series: Catalysts
• Subjects: conjugated porous polymer catalysts; Suzuki–Miyaura poly-condensation reaction; oxygen reduction reaction
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/10/11/1224
• ISSN: 2073-4344

The present study demonstrates the fabrication of a conjugated porous polymer (CPP-P2) through a Pd-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura poly-condensation reaction. ¹³C cross-polarization solid-state NMR and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy were used to characterize CPP-P2. Pristine nitrogen-containing CPP was explored as a catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction in 0.1 M KOH aqueous alkaline media. In the case of CPP-P2,the polymer oxygen reduction reaction occurs via a four-electron transfer mechanism. An understanding of the oxygen reduction at the molecular level and the role of molecular packing in the three-dimensional structure was proposed based on density functional theory (DFT) modeling.