A diiron [FeFe]‐hydrogenase model complex tethered with a maleimide group, FeFe1, was covalently grafted on the pore surface of a periodic mesoporous organosilica with thiol groups (SH‐PMO) to form an… Click to show full abstract
A diiron [FeFe]‐hydrogenase model complex tethered with a maleimide group, FeFe1, was covalently grafted on the pore surface of a periodic mesoporous organosilica with thiol groups (SH‐PMO) to form an efficient heterogeneous hydrogen (H2)‐evolution catalyst FeFe1@PMO. The coordination structure of the FeFe1 complex and the ordered pore structure were almost completely preserved even after immobilization of FeFe1 on SH‐PMO. The FeFe1@PMO promoted photocatalysis for H2 evolution in water containing a photosensitizer [Ru(bpy)3]2+, with a turnover number (TON) of 310 over 120 min. The TON was greater than those of an analogous homogeneous FeFe1 catalyst (TON=180) and conventional diiron complexes immobilized on solid supports (TON=6–18). The increased TON for FeFe1@PMO compared to the homogeneous FeFe1 was attributed to the improvement in the stability of the FeFe1 complex by immobilization on the pore surface of SH‐PMO. A [Ru(bpy)3]2+ photosensitizer tethered with a maleimide (Ru1) was prepared and co‐immobilized on FeFe1@PMO to form an all‐solid‐state photocatalyst FeFe1‐Ru1@PMO. FeFe1‐Ru1@PMO evolved H2 without the additional [Ru(bpy)3]2+ photosensitizer, suggesting efficient photoinduced electron transfer from the immobilized Ru1 to the immobilized FeFe1.
               
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