A Nickel Thiolate Catalyst for the Long-Lived Photocatalytic Production of Hydrogen in a Noble-Metal-Free System

摘要

The splitting of water through artificial photosynthesis (AP) is a key transformation toward the conversion of solar energy into stored chemical potential in the form of fuel and oxidizer. For water splitting, the reductive side of the reaction involves the light-driven conversion of aqueous protons into H2. To perform this half-reaction, photocatalytic systems typically consist of a catalyst, photosensitizer (PS), and sacrificial electron donor.