Unexpected wavelength dependency of the photocatalytic CO2 reduction performance of the well-known (bpy)Re(CO)3Cl complex
Unexpected wavelength dependency of the photocatalytic CO2 reduction performance of the well-known (bpy)Re(CO)3Cl complex
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DOI:
10.1039/c8cc08742c
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发表时间:
2019-01-16
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
Schwalbe, Matthias
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作者:
Lang, Philipp;Giereth, Robin;Schwalbe, Matthias
The selective photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO has often been accomplished using complexes incorporating the Re(CO)(3)Cl fragment. We now discovered that the photocatalytic performance of the well-known parent compound (bpy) Re(CO)(3)Cl (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) surprisingly depends on the illumination wavelengths: the turnover numbers (TONs) measured using various cut-off filters showed an increased photocatalytic activity when irradiated with visible light with wavelengths longer than 450 nm - even if the compound hardly absorbs light in this wavelength region. Therefore, catalytic, spectroscopic and theoretical investigations were performed to explain this exceptional effect.