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Indexed by: Journal Article

Date of Publication: 2014-07-01

Journal: Faraday discussions

Included Journals: PubMed

Volume: 176

Page Number: 225-32

ISSN: 1359-6640

Abstract: Three new supramolecular assemblies SA1-SA3 with different linkages between the photosensitizer and catalyst have been synthesized for light driven water oxidation. With flexible -CH(2)-CH(2)- chains as the linkage, the assembly SA3 displays the best performance for photocatalytic water oxidation compared with the other two assemblies, a turnover number of 34 has been obtained based on the molecular assembly SA3 in a homogeneous system. This type of assembly connected with flexible linkages represents suitable candidates to construct photoanodes for light driven water splitting in dye sensitized photoelectrochemical devices.