title: An unexpected role of the monodentate ligand in photocatalytic hydrogen production of the pentadentate ligand-based cobalt complexes.
abstract: The dissociation of one pyridine of a pentadentate ligand (N4Py) from the Co centre was found to be responsible for the formation of a Co(III) hydride species, an indispensable intermediate for photocatalytic proton reduction.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China. xswang@mail.ipc.ac.cn yuanjunhou@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Jingfan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Qianxiong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Weibo
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yuanjun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Baowen
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xuesong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang