title: Conjugation effect of the bridging ligand on the CO2 reduction properties in difunctional photocatalysts.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Zhao-Yong
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Bian
authors.forename: Shao-Ming
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wenfu
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fu