Iridium motif linked porphyrins for efficient light-driven hydrogen evolution via triplet state stabilization of porphyrin

Daniel Nnaemaka Tritton; Govardhana Babu Bodedla; Geliang Tang; Jianzhang Zhao; Chak Shing Kwan; Ken C F Leung; Wai Yeung Wong; Xunjin Zhu

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Iridium motif linked porphyrins for efficient light-driven hydrogen evolution via triplet state stabilization of porphyrin

Daniel Nnaemaka Tritton, Govardhana Babu Bodedla, Geliang Tang, Jianzhang Zhao, Chak Shing Kwan, Ken C F Leung^*, Wai Yeung Wong^*, Xunjin Zhu^*

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Two new iridium motif linked porphyrins, MBPyZnP-Ir and TBPyZnP-Ir are developed for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution (PHE). The tetra-iridium linked one, TBPyZnP-Ir, displayed the highest H₂ production rate (ηH₂) of 16.12 mmol g^-1 h^-1 within 5 h of irradiation, which is over 2.73-fold higher than MBPyZnP-Ir (5.90 mmol g^-1 h^-1) and much higher than their precursors TBPyZnP (0.12 mmol g^-1 h^-1) and MBPyZnP (0.06 mmol g^-1 h^-1) without iridium. The superior ηH₂ of TBPyZnP-Ir could be explained by the iridium motifs linked to the porphyrin, stabilizing the triplet states of the porphyrin through intramolecular energy transfer; thus enhancing electron transfer from the triplet photo-excited porphyrin moiety to the cobaloxime co-catalyst and consequently proton reduction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3005-3010
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume	8
Issue number	6
Early online date	30 Dec 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ta12492f
Publication status	Published - 14 Feb 2020

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