Design of BODIPY Dyes as Photosensitisers in Multicomponent Catalyst Systems for Light-Driven Hydrogen Production

Laura Dura; Johannes Ahrens; Marga-Martina Pohl; Sebastian Höfler; Martin Bröring; Torsten Beweries

doi:10.1002/chem.201501637

Design of BODIPY Dyes as Photosensitisers in Multicomponent Catalyst Systems for Light-Driven Hydrogen Production

Chemistry. 2015 Sep 21;21(39):13549-52. doi: 10.1002/chem.201501637. Epub 2015 Aug 6.

Authors

Laura Dura¹, Johannes Ahrens², Marga-Martina Pohl¹, Sebastian Höfler², Martin Bröring³, Torsten Beweries⁴

Affiliations

¹ Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29a, 18059 Rostock (Germany).
² Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, TU Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig (Germany).
³ Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, TU Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig (Germany). m.broering@tu-bs.de.
⁴ Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29a, 18059 Rostock (Germany). torsten.beweries@catalysis.de.

PMID: 26249269
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201501637

Abstract

A study of visible-light-driven hydrogen production using a multicomponent system consisting of different boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) dyes, triethylamine and [{Pd(PPh3)Cl2}2] from THF/water mixtures is presented. A trio of meso-mesityl BODIPY dyes display the best activities and long-term stabilities of more than ten days with the 2,6-diiodo derivative showing the best performance.

Keywords: BODIPY; hydrogen; palladium; photochemistry; water.