Yinghe Zhao

1. Introduction Click to copy section linkSection link copied! As a class of critical organic compounds, siloxanes and their related compounds (1−7) are widely used in many industries and products of daily use, including oil production, (8) dry cleaning, personal care, (9) and the manufacturing of high-weight silicon polymers. (5,10−12) Siloxanes contain methyl substituents bonded to the silicon atoms of an alternating silicon–oxygen backbone and can be cyclic or linear in form.

Strain-induced charge delocalization achieves ultralow exciton binding energy toward efficient photocatalysis The exciton effect is commonly observed in photocatalysts, where substantial exciton binding energy (Eb) significantly hampers the efficient generation of photo-excited electron-hole pairs, thereby severely constraining photocatalysis. Herein, we propose a strategy to reduce Eb through strain-induced charge delocalization.