Improving the synthetic H2 production catalyst design strategy with the neurotransmitter dopamine

Abstract

The strategic incorporation of the neurotransmitter dopamine around a cobaloxime core resulted in excellent electrocatalytic (rate 8400 s⁻¹) and photocatalytic H₂ production under neutral aqueous conditions. The influence of the synthetic outer coordination sphere features continues even with a phenylene–diimino–dioxime motif-coordinated cobalt core.