This work has been supported by the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the BMBF, and the DFG (Leibniz prize). F.G. thanks the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (FCI) for a Kekulé grant.
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Communication
Light-Driven Hydrogen Generation: Efficient Iron-Based Water Reduction Catalysts†
Article first published online: 20 NOV 2009
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200905115
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Issue
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume 48, Issue 52, pages 9962–9965, December 21, 2009
Additional Information
How to Cite
Gärtner, F., Sundararaju, B., Surkus, A.-E., Boddien, A., Loges, B., Junge, H., Dixneuf, Pierre H. and Beller, M. (2009), Light-Driven Hydrogen Generation: Efficient Iron-Based Water Reduction Catalysts. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 48: 9962–9965. doi: 10.1002/anie.200905115
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 15 DEC 2009
- Article first published online: 20 NOV 2009
- Manuscript Received: 12 SEP 2009
Funded by
- State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- BMBF
- DFG
- Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (FCI)
Keywords:
- energy conversion;
- homogeneous catalysis;
- iron;
- photochemistry;
- water splitting
Let your light shine: A novel state-of-the-art system for light-driven proton reduction with iron catalysts was developed (see scheme; SR=sacrificial reagent). It consists of simple iron carbonyl complexes such as [Fe3(CO)12], triethylamine as sacrificial reagent (electron donor), and [Ir(bpy)(ppy)2]PF6 as photosensitizer (PS). High turnover numbers of more than 3000 for the sensitizer and 400 for the iron catalyst are obtained.