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Time‐Resolved Spectroscopy and High‐Efficiency Light‐Driven Hydrogen Evolution of a {Mo 3 S 4 }‐Containing Polyoxometalate‐Based System
Author(s) -
Smortsova Yevheniia,
Falaise Clément,
Fatima Anam,
HaThi MinhHuong,
MéalletRenault Rachel,
Steenkeste Karine,
AlBacha Serge,
Chaib Tesnim,
Assaud Loïc,
Lepeltier Marc,
Haouas Mohamed,
Leclerc Nathalie,
Pino Thomas,
Cadot Emmanuel
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202102693
Subject(s) - polyoxometalate , triethanolamine , catalysis , photosensitizer , chemistry , photochemistry , electrophile , ion , quenching (fluorescence) , electron transfer , photocatalysis , spectroscopy , fluorescence , analytical chemistry (journal) , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Polyoxothiometalate ions (ThioPOM) are active hydrogen‐evolution reaction (HER) catalysts based on modular assembly built from electrophilic clusters {MoS x } and vacant polyoxotungstates. Herein, the dumbbell‐like anion [{(PW 11 O 39 )Mo 3 S 4 (H 2 O) 3 (OH)} 2 ] 8− exhibits very high light‐driven HER activity, while the active cores {Mo 3 S 4 } do not contain any exposed disulfido ligands, which were suspected to be the origin of the HER activity. Moreover, in the catalyst architecture, the two central {Mo 3 S 4 } cores are sandwiched by two {PW 11 O 39 } 7− subunits that act as oxidant‐resistant protecting groups and behave as electron‐collecting units. A detailed photophysical study was carried out confirming the reductive quenching mechanism of the photosensitizer [Ir(ppy) 2 (dtbbpy)] + by the sacrificial donor triethanolamine (TEOA) and highlighting the very high rate constant of the electron transfer from the reduced photosensitizer to the ThioPOM catalyst. Such results provide new insights into the field of molecular catalytic systems able to promote high HER activity.