title: Photocatalytic water reduction from a noble-metal-free molecular dyad based on a thienyl-expanded BODIPY photosensitizer.
abstract: A noble-metal-free molecular dyad was constructed by anchoring a thienyl-expanded BODIPY photosensitizer (PS) to a cobaloxime catalyst, which gives a 2.5-fold increase in the TON, and a 3-fold enhancement in the quantum efficiency as compared to the multicomponent catalytic system for the generation of hydrogen via the reduction of water. The stability of PS was expected to improve by introducing the thienyl moiety into the BODIPY core.
authors.affiliation: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China. ggluo@hqu.edu.cn jhwu@hqu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Geng-Geng
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Ji-Huai
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mo