Starburst Triarylamine Donor-Based Metal-Free Photosensitizers for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production from Water

Po-Yu Ho; Yi Wang; Sze-Chun Yiu; Wai-Hong Yu; Cheuk-Lam Ho; Shuping Huang

doi:10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00042

Starburst Triarylamine Donor-Based Metal-Free Photosensitizers for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production from Water

Org Lett. 2017 Mar 3;19(5):1048-1051. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00042. Epub 2017 Feb 10.

Authors

Po-Yu Ho^{1

2}, Yi Wang¹, Sze-Chun Yiu¹, Wai-Hong Yu¹, Cheuk-Lam Ho^{1

2}, Shuping Huang³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Department of Chemistry and Institute of Advanced Materials, Hong Kong Baptist University , Waterloo Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, P. R. China.
² HKBU Institute of Research and Continuing Education, Shenzhen Virtual University Park , Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China.
³ College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University , Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, P. R. China.

PMID: 28185454
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00042

Abstract

Three metal-free molecular photosensitizers (S1-S3) featuring a starburst triarylamine donor moiety have been synthesized. They show attractive photocatalytic performance in visible light-driven H₂ production from water in their platinized TiO₂ composites. A remarkable H₂ turnover number (TON) of 10 200 (48 h) was achieved in an S1-anchored system.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't