1. Four 2D benzodithiophene based conjugated polymers are synthesized, with an antibacterial carbazole unit employed as the side chain.
2. The main chain copolymerization strategy is adopted to broaden the light absorption and exciton dissociation of these 2D donor−acceptor (D−A) conjugated polymer/g-C3N4 PHJ.
3. The P7/g-C3N4 shows the highest photocatalytic activity with over 99.7% antibacterial rates for E. coli and S. aureus and 97.6% degradation rate for Rhodamine B under irradiation for 45 and 90 min, respectively.
This article provides a detailed overview of the synthesis of four 2D benzodithiophene based conjugated polymers, which employ an antibacterial carbazole unit as the side chain and adopt a main chain copolymerization strategy to broaden the light absorption and exciton dissociation of these 2D donor−acceptor (D−A) conjugated polymer/g-C3N4 PHJ by introducing different A units. The article then goes on to discuss how the P7/g-C3N4 shows the highest photocatalytic activity with over 99.7% antibacterial rates for E. coli and S. aureus and 97.6% degradation rate for Rhodamine B under irradiation for 45 and 90 min, respectively.
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