title: Covalent Photosensitizer-Polyoxometalate-Catalyst Dyads for Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution.
abstract: A general concept for the covalent linkage of coordination compounds to bipyridine-functionalized polyoxometalates is presented. The new route is used to link an iridium photosensitizer to an Anderson-type hydrogen-evolution catalyst. This covalent dyad catalyzes the visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and shows superior HER activity compared with the non-covalent reference. Hydrogen evolution is observed over periods >1 week. Spectroscopic, photophysical, and electrochemical analyses give initial insight into the stability, electronic structure, and reactivity of the dyad. The results demonstrate that the proposed linkage concept allows synergistic covalent interactions between functional coordination compounds and reactive molecular metal oxides.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Inorganic Chemistry I, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schönweiz
authors.affiliation: Institute of Inorganic Chemistry I, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Sebastian A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Rommel
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) Jena e.V., Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany.|Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany).
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kübel
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) Jena e.V., Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany.|Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany).
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Micheel
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) Jena e.V., Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany.|Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany).
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dietzek
authors.affiliation: Institute of Inorganic Chemistry I, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany. sven.rau@uni-ulm.de.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rau
authors.affiliation: Institute of Inorganic Chemistry I, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany. carsten.streb@uni-ulm.de.
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5846-1905
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Streb
keywords: Anderson anions; organic-inorganic hybrids; organo-functionalization; polyoxometalates; self-assembly