Issue 26, 2010
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Chemical Communications

Photo-induced wateroxidation with tetra-nuclear ruthenium sensitizer and catalyst: A unique 4 × 4 ruthenium interplay triggering high efficiency with low-energy visible light†

Fausto Puntoriero,*a   Giuseppina La Ganga,a   Andrea Sartorel,b   Mauro Carraro,b   Gianfranco Scorrano,b   Marcella Bonchio*b  and  Sebastiano Campagna*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Chimica Analitica e Chimica Fisica, Università di Messina, and Centro Interuniversitario per la Conversione Chimica dell'Energia Solare (sezione di Messina), Via Sperone 31, 98166 Messina, Italy
E-mail: campagna@unime.it, fpuntoriero@unime.it
Fax: 39 090 393756

b ITM-CNR and Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Marzolo, 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
E-mail: marcella.bonchio@unipd.it
Fax: +39 49 8275239
Tel: +39 49 8275670

Abstract

The combined use of a tetranuclear Ru(II) dendrimeric photosensitizer (1) and of a tretraruthenium substituted polyoxotungstate (2) as the catalyst enables photo-induced water oxidation at 550 nm producing O2 with an outstanding quantum yield of 0.30.

Graphical abstract: Photo-induced water oxidation with tetra-nuclear ruthenium sensitizer and catalyst: A unique 4 × 4 ruthenium interplay triggering high efficiency with low-energy visible light

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC00444H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Mar 2010
Accepted
25 Apr 2010
First published
20 May 2010

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 4725-4727

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Photo-induced water oxidation with tetra-nuclear ruthenium sensitizer and catalyst: A unique 4 × 4 ruthenium interplay triggering high efficiency with low-energy visible light

F. Puntoriero, G. La Ganga, A. Sartorel, M. Carraro, G. Scorrano, M. Bonchio and S. Campagna, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 4725 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00444H

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