Upconversion photochemistry occurring between palladium(II) octaethylporphyrin (PdOEP, 1) and 9,10-diphenylanthracene (DPA, 2) in toluene successfully sensitizes nanostructured WO(3) photoanodes (E(g) = 2.7 eV) to sub-bandgap non-coherent green photons at low power density.
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