Issue 24, 2024

Hybrid nanoreactors formed by interpolyelectrolyte complex formation: a colloidal platform for light-driven catalysis

Abstract

Multicompartment micelles can combine several chemical functionalities in close proximity and are therefore promising candidates for a new class of nanomaterials. In this study, we report a photocatalytically active multi-compartment micellar nanoreactor for visible light driven hydrogen evolution. The micellar nanoreactors are formed based on interpolyelectrolyte complexes (IPECs) of polydehydroalanine-based (PDha) graft copolymers with varying charge. Effects of the 3D confinement and the ratio of positive to negative charges, Z(±) of the graft copolymer micellar IPECs were also investigated in view of the resulting hydrogen evolution activity of our model system using Eosin Y and platinum nanoparticles as catalytically active components. We show that within a certain Z(±) regime stable micellar IPECs are formed and the hydrogen evolution activity can be tuned upon mixing the interpolyelectrolyte complexes with certain Z ratios (Z(±)).

Graphical abstract: Hybrid nanoreactors formed by interpolyelectrolyte complex formation: a colloidal platform for light-driven catalysis

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Mar 2024
Accepted
01 May 2024
First published
01 May 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024,12, 14389-14397

Hybrid nanoreactors formed by interpolyelectrolyte complex formation: a colloidal platform for light-driven catalysis

A. Nabiyan, C. Neumann, A. Turchanin and F. H. Schacher, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12, 14389 DOI: 10.1039/D4TA01824A

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