Photo-induced water oxidation with tetra-nuclear ruthenium sensitizer and catalyst: a unique 4 x 4 ruthenium interplay triggering high efficiency with low-energy visible light.
The combined use of a tetranuclear Ru(II) dendrimeric photosensitizer (1) and of a tretraruthenium substituted polyoxotungstate (2) as the catalyst enables photo-induced water oxidation at 550 nm producing O(2) with an outstanding quantum yield of 0.30.
Puntoriero
Fausto
F
Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Chimica Analitica e Chimica Fisica, Università di Messina, and Centro Interuniversitario per la Conversione Chimica dell'Energia Solare (sezione di Messina), Via Sperone 31, 98166 Messina, Italy. fpuntoriero@unime.it
La Ganga
Giuseppina
G
Sartorel
Andrea
A
Carraro
Mauro
M
Scorrano
Gianfranco
G
Bonchio
Marcella
M
Campagna
Sebastiano
S