Our research interests focuses on the development of Conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs) for application in heterogeneous photocatalysis. These polymeric materials offer the same advantages of conventional conjugated polymers, with extended π-systems where the electronic levels can be controlled rendering materials that are semiconducting and have a wealth of applications. Therefore we also screen and test the novel CMPs in gas storage and separation and for organic photovoltaics.

Conjugated Porous Polymers for Energy Applications". Filipe Vilela, Kai Zhang and Markus Antonietti Energy and Environmental Science 2012, 5, 7819-7832 Surface area control and photocatalytic activity of conjugated microporous poly(benzothiadiazole) networks". Kai Zhang, Daniel Kopetzki, Peter Seeberger, Markus Antonietti and Filipe Vilela,* Angewandte International Edition, 2013, 52, 1432-1436 Modification of conjugated microporous poly-benzothiadiazole for photosensitised singlet oxygen generation in water". Hiromitsu Urakami, Kai Zhang and Filipe Vilela,* Chemical Communications, 2013, 49, 2353-2355 ∏-conjugated polyHIPEs as highly efficient and reusable heterogeneous photosensitizers". Kai Zhang, Zuzana Vobecka, Klaus Tauer, Markus Antonietti and Filipe Vilela,* Chemical Communications, 2013, Available online Facile functionalization of HTC-derived carbon microspheres". Hiromitsu Urakami, Markus Antonietti and Filipe Vilela, Chemical Communications, 2012, 48, 10984-10986