Abstract
A highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution system without an electron mediator such as methyl viologen (MV(2+)) has been constructed using 9-mesityl-10-methylacridinium ion (Acr(+)-Mes), poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone)-protected platinum nanoclusters (Pt-PVP) and NADH (beta-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, reduced form) as the photocatalyst, hydrogen evolution catalyst and electron donor, respectively. The photocatalyst (Acr(+)-Mes) undergoes photoinduced electron transfer (ET) from the Mes moiety to the singlet excited state of the Acr(+) moiety to produce an extremely long-lived ET state, which is capable of oxidizing NADH and reducing Pt-PVP, leading to efficient hydrogen evolution. The hydrogen evolution efficiency is 300 times higher than that in the presence of MV(2+) because of the much faster reduction rate of Pt-PVP by Acr(*)-Mes compared with that by MV(*+). When the electron donor (NADH) is replaced by ethanol in the presence of an alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), NADH is regenerated during the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.
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