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Donor-acceptor heterostructures have attracted much interest in current optoelectronic technologies because they can control the charge dynamics in these applications. To improve the charge-carrier generation and transport properties, the donor and acceptor components in the heterostructures have a better interface at the molecular level with bicontinuous structures. So far, most available examples are obtained by a self-assembly approach from two organic semiconducting molecules. Considering the complementary properties of inorganic and organic semiconductors, the self-assembly of semiconductive inorganic and organic components in one material is anticipated to form abnormal hybrid heterostructures with synergetic properties. However, so far, only a few such hybrid heterostructures have been reported, most of which involved in the inorganic components as electron donors. Herein we reported that the combination of 2,5-bis-(4-pyridinium)thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole (Py(2)TTz) with Cu2+ in the presence of acetonitrile by a solvothermal method led to a novel bicontinuous hybrid heterostructure [Cu-2(Py(2)TTz)(CN)(2)] 0.5(Py(2)TTz) (1) with semiconducting Py(2)TTz and in situ synthesized CuCN as the electron donor and acceptor components. Due to the strong coordination combined with cation- interactions between the two semiconducting components, this hybrid exhibits enhanced photocatalytic activities towards the degradation of methylene blue (MB), rhodamine B (RhB), and methyl orange (MO) in comparison with those of the two individual bulk semiconductive Py(2)TTz and CuCN.
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CRYSTENGCOMM
ISSN: 1466-8033
Year: 2018
Issue: 48
Volume: 20
Page: 7795-7801
3 . 3 8 2
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2 . 6 0 0
JCR@2023
ESI Discipline: CHEMISTRY;
ESI HC Threshold:209
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:3
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WoS CC Cited Count: 2
SCOPUS Cited Count: 3
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 2