Conjugation effect of the bridging ligand on the CO2 reduction properties in difunctional photocatalysts.
The photocatalytic activity for CO(2) reduction and optical and electrochemical properties of two Ru(II)-Re(I) binuclear complexes [Ru(dmb)(2)LRe(CO)(3)Cl](2+) (Ru-Re and Ru=Re, dmb = 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine) with 1,2-bis(4'-methyl-2,2'-bipyridyl-4-yl)ethane and 1,2-bis(4'-methyl-2,2'-bipyridyl-4-yl)ethene as bridging ligands have been investigated. The conjugation content of the bridging ligands plays an important role in the photocatalytic behavior: a saturated linkage exhibited more efficient than the conjugated.
Bian
Zhao-Yong
ZY
Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronic Functional Materials and Molecular Engineering, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China. bzy@mail.ipc.ac.cn
Chi
Shao-Ming
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Li
Li
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Fu
Wenfu
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