Schottky Junction and D–A 1 –A 2 System Dual Regulation of Covalent Triazine Frameworks for Highly Efficient CO 2 Photoreduction

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Covalent triazine frameworks (CTFs) are emerging as a promising molecular platform for photocatalysis. Nevertheless, the construction of highly effective charge transfer pathways in CTFs for oriented delivery of photoexcited electrons to enhance photocatalytic performance remains highly challenging. Herein, a molecular engineering strategy is presented to achieve highly efficient charge separation and transport in both the lateral and vertical directions for solar‐to‐formate conversion. Specifically, a large π ‐delocalized and π ‐stacked Schottky junction (Ru‐Th‐CTF/RGO) that synergistically knits a rebuilt extended π ‐delocalized network of the D–A 1 –A 2 system (multiple donor or acceptor units, Ru‐Th‐CTF) with reduced graphene oxide (RGO) is developed. It is verified that the single‐site Ru units in Ru‐Th‐CTF/RGO act as effective secondary electron acceptors in the lateral direction for multistage charge separation/transport. Simultaneously, the π ‐stacked and covalently bonded graphene is regarded as a hole extraction layer, accelerating the separation/transport of the photogenerated charges in the vertical direction over the Ru‐Th‐CTF/RGO Schottky junction with full use of photogenerated electrons for the reduction reaction. Thus, the obtained photocatalyst has an excellent CO 2 ‐to‐formate conversion rate (≈11050 µmol g −1 h −1 ) and selectivity (≈99%), producing a state‐of‐the‐art catalyst for the heterogeneous conversion of CO 2 to formate without an extra photosensitizer.