Visible Light Generation of a Microsecond Long-Lived Potent Reducing Agent

• Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 144; no. 16; pp. 7043 - 7047
• Main Authors: Zhao, Zijian, Niu, Fushuang, Li, Pengju, Wang, Hanqi, Zhang, Zhenghao, Meyer, Gerald J, Hu, Ke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 27.04.2022
• Subjects: Catalysis; Electron Transport; Electrons; Light; Reducing Agents

Photoexcitation of molecular radicals can produce strong reducing agents; however, the limited lifetimes of the doublet excited states preclude many applications. Herein, we propose and demonstrate a general strategy to translate a highly energetic electron from a doublet excited state to a ZrO2 ins...