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A Noble‐Metal‐Free System for Photodriven Catalytic Proton Reduction
Author(s) -
van den Bosch Bart,
Chen HungCheng,
van der Vlugt Jarl Ivar,
Brouwer Albert M.,
Reek Joost N. H.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201200960
Subject(s) - noble metal , catalysis , proton , solar energy conversion , photosensitizer , copper , reduction (mathematics) , metal , chemistry , solar energy , nanotechnology , materials science , photochemistry , physics , nuclear physics , engineering , organic chemistry , electrical engineering , geometry , mathematics
Who needs the nobles? Ideally, devices to harvest solar energy into fuels would, in addition to having very high turnover numbers, make use of earth‐abundant materials. In this Highlight we focus on a recent example in which a copper‐based photosensitizer is used, in combination with an iron‐based catalyst for light‐driven proton reduction.