Photochemistry of Rh centered supramolecular complexes as photocatalysts for solar hydrogen production

INOR 697

Mark Elvington, melvingt@vt.edu, Jared Brown, jrbmbm3@vt.edu, and Karen J. Brewer, kbrewer@vt.edu. Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0212
Ruthenium-polypyridyl light absorbers displaying intense MLCT transitions in the visible region when linked in supramolecular architectures are often used for light to energy conversion. Incorporating a Rh center within the supramolecular framework allows metal to metal charge transfer (MMCT) states to be used in photoinitiated electron collection. The complexes studied are of the form LA-BL-Rh(III)-BL-LA (LA = Ru(II) or Os(II) polypyridine light absorbers; BL = bridging ligand). The presentation focuses on photophysical properties, photochemical reactivity and solar hydrogen production. Acknowledgment is made to the Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences Division, Office of Basic Energy Scineces, Office of Sciences U.S. Department of Energy for their generous support of our research.

 

General
7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Tuesday, 12 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Hall D, Poster

Division of Inorganic Chemistry

The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006