Dye-sensitized photocatalytic hydrogen production: distinct activity in a glucose derivative of a phenothiazine dye.

Chem Commun (Camb)

Department of Materials Science and Solar Energy Research Center MIB-SOLAR, University of Milano-Bicocca, and INSTM Milano-Bicocca Research Unit, Via Cozzi 55, I-20125, Milano, Italy.

Published: May 2016

A thiophene-based donor-acceptor phenothiazine dye has been functionalized with a peripheral glucose unit (PTZ-GLU) to bust its affinity to water and enhance dye-sensitized photogeneration of hydrogen. Compared to the corresponding alkyl derivative (PTZ-ALK), as well as the common hydrophilic triethylene glycol substitution (PTZ-TEG), the sugar derivative shows a lower contact angle; PTZ-GLU performed twice more efficient than PTZ-TEG in the photogeneration of hydrogen in terms of evolved gas and turnover number.

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