Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Driven by [FeFe] Hydrogenase Models Tethered to Fluorene and Silafluorene Sensitizers
Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Driven by [FeFe] Hydrogenase Models Tethered to Fluorene and Silafluorene Sensitizers
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DOI:
10.1002/chem.201603140
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发表时间:
2017-01-05
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
Weigand, Wolfgang
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作者:
Goy, Roman;Bertini, Luca;Weigand, Wolfgang
It is successfully shown that photocatalytic proton reduction to dihydrogen in the presence of a sacrificial electron donor, such as trimethylamine (TEA) and ascorbate, can be driven by compact sensitizer-catalyst dyads, that is, dithiolate-bridged [FeFe] hydrogenase models tethered to organic sensitizers, such as fluorenes and silafluorenes (1a-4a). The sensitizer-catalyst dyads 1a-4a show remarkable and promising catalytic activities as well as enhanced stabilities during photocatalysis performed under UV-light irradiation. The photocatalysis was carried out both in non-aqueous and aqueous media. The latter experiments were performed by solubilizing the photocatalysts within micelles formed by either sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) or cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). In this study a turnover number of 539 (7 h) is achieved under optimized conditions, which corresponds to an exceptionally high turnover frequency of 77 h(-1). Theoretical investigations as well as emission decay experiments were performed to understand the observed phenomena together with the mechanisms of photocatalytic H-2 generation.