Prof. Shun Mao's Team Published in Nature Communications: Nitrogen Heterocyclic Covalent Organic Frameworks for Efficient H2O2 Photosynthesis and in Situ Water Treatment

Recently, Prof. Shun Mao’s lab from CESE published a paper titled “Nitrogen heterocyclic covalent organic frameworks for efficient H₂O₂ photosynthesis and in situ water treatment” in Nature Communications (2025, 16: 6943). This study designs four covalent organic framework-based photocatalysts with varying nitrogen atom configurations to tune their electronic and energy-band structures, which achieve an efficient H₂O₂ production in pure water without sacrificial agent or oxygen aeration. The constructed reactor under natural sunlight demonstrates continuous H₂O₂ generation performance for antibiotic degradation and long-lasting water disinfection. This study provides new insights into efficient photocatalytic H₂O₂ production and possible scalable applications for in situ water treatment.

Article Link:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62371-z