Biphasic water splitting by osmocene.

ABSTRACT: The photochemical reactivity of osmocene in a biphasic water-organic solvent system has been investigated to probe its water splitting properties. The photoreduction of aqueous protons to hydrogen under anaerobic conditions induced by osmocene dissolved in 1,2-dichloroethane and the subsequent water splitting by the osmocenium metal-metal dimer formed during H(2) production were studied by electrochemical methods, UV-visible spectrometry, gas chromatography, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Density functional theory computations were used to validate the reaction pathways.

SUBMITTER: Ge P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3406862 | biostudies-other | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other