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Frontispiece: Functionalized Membranes for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production
Author(s) -
Troppmann Stefan,
König Burkhard
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201484561
Subject(s) - hydrogen production , membrane , photocatalysis , supramolecular chemistry , artificial photosynthesis , catalysis , photosensitizer , amphiphile , hydrogen bond , chemistry , water splitting , hydrogen , materials science , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , photochemistry , organic chemistry , molecule , copolymer , polymer , biochemistry , engineering
Supramolecular Chemistry The design of artificial systems for solar energy conversion mimicking natural photosynthesis is a major scientific challenge. In their Communication on page 14570 ff. B. König and S. Troppmann show the preparation of functionalized membranes for photocatalytic hydrogen generation in water by co‐embedding of an amphiphilic photosensitizer and a water reduction catalyst into vesicular bilayers. In these noncovalent self‐assemblies, the dynamic two‐dimensional reorganization of the embedded catalytic subunits in fluid membranes plays an important role for the light‐driven hydrogen production.