Photocatalytic production of hydrogen peroxide from water and dioxygen using cyano-bridged polynuclear transition metal complexes as water oxidation catalysts†
Abstract
Hydrogen peroxide was produced efficiently from water and dioxygen using [RuII(Me2phen)3]2+ (Me2phen = 4,7-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) as a photocatalyst and cyano-bridged polynuclear transition metal complexes composed of Fe and Co as water oxidation catalysts in the presence of Sc3+ in water under visible light irradiation.