Ruthenium polyoxometalate water splitting catalyst: very fast hole scavenging from photogenerated oxidants

Michele Orlandi; Roberto Argazzi; Andrea Sartorel; Mauro Carraro; Gianfranco Scorrano; Marcella Bonchio; Franco Scandola

doi:10.1039/b926823e

Ruthenium polyoxometalate water splitting catalyst: very fast hole scavenging from photogenerated oxidants

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 May 14;46(18):3152-4. doi: 10.1039/b926823e. Epub 2010 Mar 12.

Authors

Michele Orlandi¹, Roberto Argazzi, Andrea Sartorel, Mauro Carraro, Gianfranco Scorrano, Marcella Bonchio, Franco Scandola

Affiliation

¹ Chemistry Department, University of Ferrara, Interuniversity Research Center on Chemical Conversion of Solar Energy, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.

PMID: 20424757
DOI: 10.1039/b926823e

Abstract

The tetraruthenium polyoxometalate water oxidation catalyst 1 performs very fast hole scavenging from photogenerated Ru(iii) polypyridine complexes, both in homogeneous solution and at a sensitized nanocrystalline TiO(2) surface.