Nickel–thiolate complex catalyst assembled in one step in water for solar H2 production

• Main Authors: Hong, Jindui, Zheng, Jianwei, Huang, Zhiyan, Zhou, Jianrong Steve, Xu, Rong, Zhang, Wei
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94965; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8167
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We report the use of a simple complex assembled from Ni(II) salt and 2-mecaptoethanol in one step in water as the efficient catalyst in a molecular hydrogen system which can be sensitized by a low-cost xanthene dye, Erythrosin B. An excellent quantum efficiency of 24.5% is attained at 460 nm. This s...