Lydia Petermann

TL;DR: In this article, the role of N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) in the stabilization of catalytic metal complexes for catalytic water splitting is discussed.

TL;DR: The photophysical data indicate ultrafast intersystem crossing into an emissive and a non-emissive triplet excited state after excitation of the ruthenium centre, which supports the notion of a stable assembly under photocatalytic conditions.

TL;DR: Detailed investigations of a photocatalytic system capable of producing hydrogen under pre-catalytic aerobic conditions are reported, and the Ru complexes show high photostability and their first excited state is primarily located on the RR'ip ligand.

TL;DR: In this paper, the visible light-driven hydrogen evolution reaction by the molecular molybdenum sulfide anion [Mo2S12]2− was reported, and when coupled with the photosensitizer [Ru(bpy)3]2+ and the electron/proton donor ascorbic acid, turnover numbers > 1600 and turnover frequencies > 700 h−1.