Recent findings and future directions in photosynthetic hydrogen evolution using polypyridine cobalt complexes
Federico Droghetti, Fiorella Lucarini, Alessandra Molinari, Albert Ruggi, Mirco Natali
Abstract
(where bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) as the photosensitizer and ascorbate as the electron donor, trying to highlight promising chemical motifs and aiming towards efficient catalytic activity in order to stimulate further efforts to design molecular catalysts for hydrogen generation and allow their profitable implementation in devices. As a final step, a few suggestions for the benchmarking of HECs employed under light-driven conditions are introduced.
Topics & Concepts
Artificial photosynthesisCatalysisCobaltChemistryWater splittingHydrogenHydrogen productionAqueous solutionCombinatorial chemistryPhotochemistryNanotechnologyMaterials scienceOrganic chemistryPhotocatalysisElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionMetalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteinsAdvanced battery technologies research