title: A noble-metal-free system for photodriven catalytic proton reduction.
abstract: Who needs the nobles? Ideally, devices to harvest solar energy into fuels would, in addition to having very high turnover numbers, make use of earth-abundant materials. In this Highlight we focus on a recent example in which a copper-based photosensitizer is used, in combination with an iron-based catalyst for light-driven proton reduction.
authors.affiliation: van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: van den Bosch
authors.forename: Hung-Cheng
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jarl Ivar
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: van der Vlugt
authors.forename: Albert M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Brouwer
authors.forename: Joost N H
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Reek
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D058085:Iron Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D008027:Light; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010618:Phenanthrolines / Q000737:chemistry; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D011522:Protons
chemical_list: D058085:Iron Compounds; D010618:Phenanthrolines; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D011522:Protons; D003300:Copper