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Outside Back Cover: Sulfur Conversion to Donor‐Acceptor Ladder Polymer Networks Through Mechanochemical Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution for Efficient CO 2 Photoreduction (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 20/2025)

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A novel mechanochemical-assisted approach converts elemental sulfur into thianthrene-bridged porous ladder polymers with dense donor-acceptor (D-A) junctions, mimicking natural leaves for efficient CO2 photoreduction with H2O, without additional photosensitizers, sacrificial agents, or cocatalysts. The key innovation is a mechanochemical nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SNAr) reaction, enabling sustainable solid-state condensation of sulfur with 1,2-dihaloarenes to form bent thianthrene units. For details read the Research Article by Xiang Zhu, Xin-Ping Wu, Chengcheng Tian, Sheng Dai et al. (e202419108).

Source: Angewandte Chemie International Edition

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202507727

Authors: Na Yang, Zi‐Jian Zhou, Xiang Zhu, Jiwei Wu, Yifan Zhang, Tao Wang, Xin‐Ping Wu, Chengcheng Tian, Xia Jiang, Sheng Dai

Institutions: Sichuan University, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Subfield: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Field: Energy

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Affordable and clean energy, Climate action

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4409540924

FWCI: 0.139

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