A Metal–Organic Tetrahedron as a Redox Vehicle to Encapsulate Organic Dyes for Photocatalytic Proton Reduction

• Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 137; no. 11; pp. 3967 - 3974
• Main Authors: Jing, Xu, He, Cheng, Yang, Yang, Duan, Chunying
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: WASHINGTON American Chemical Society 25.03.2015; Amer Chemical Soc
• Subjects: chelating agents; chemical reduction; Chemistry; Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Cobalt; Coloring Agents - chemistry; electrochemistry; electron transfer; encapsulation; fluorescein; hydrogen; ions; ligands; Models, Molecular; Molecular Structure; Organic Chemicals; Oxidation-Reduction; photocatalysis; Photochemical Processes; photosensitizing agents; Photosynthesis; Physical Sciences; protons; redox potential; Science & Technology; DESIGN; COORDINATION CAGES; PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRON-TRANSFER; CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE; ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS; COMPLEXES; HYDROGEN-PRODUCTION; SYSTEMS; CATALYST; WATER

The design of artificial systems that mimic highly evolved and finely tuned natural photosynthetic systems is a subject of intensive research. We report herein a new approach to constructing supramolecular systems for the photocatalytic generation of hydrogen from water by encapsulating an organic d...