Photocatalytic water reduction systems based on iridium and non-noble metal complexes / Maike Tünnermann ; 1. Reviewer: Prof. Dr. Matthias Bauer, 2. Reviewer: PD Dr. Hans Egold, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Matthias Bauer. Paderborn, 2018
Inhalt
- Titlepage
- Abstract
- Kurzfassung
- Acknowledgement
- Nomenclature
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Background
- 2.1 Energy Problems, Climate Change and Renewable Energy Sources
- 2.2 Hydrogen Production
- 2.3 Photocatalytic Homogeneous Water Splitting
- 2.4 Supramolecular Devices
- 3 Thesis Aims
- 4 Synthesis and Characterization of Two-Component Systems
- 4.1 Synthetic Strategy
- 4.2 Ligands
- 4.3 Photosensitizer
- 4.3.1 Syntheses and Characterization
- 4.3.2 Crystal Structures
- 4.3.3 Spectroscopy
- 4.3.4 Cyclic Voltammetry
- 4.4 Catalysts
- 4.5 Summary
- 5 Two-Component Systems in Photocatalytic Water Splitting
- 5.1 Photocatalytic Water Reduction Catalysis
- 5.1.1 Water Splitting Apparatus
- 5.1.2 Data Evaluation
- 5.1.3 Catalyst Screening: Noble or Non-Noble Catalysts
- 5.1.4 Photocatalytic Condition Optimization
- 5.1.5 Evaluation of New Photosensitizers
- 5.1.6 Concentration Effects
- 5.2 Spectroscopic Characteristics of Water Splitting Systems
- 5.3 Electrochemical Characteristics of Iridium-Cobalt Water Reduction Systems
- 5.4 Summary
- 6 Synthesis and Characterization of Iridium-Cobalt One-Component Systems
- 7 Iridium-Cobalt One-Component Systems in Photocatalytic Proton Reduction
- 7.1 Photocatalytic Proton Reduction Catalysis
- 7.1.1 Influences of Device Parameters
- 7.1.2 Influences of Concentrations
- 7.1.3 One-Component- vs. Two-Component System
- 7.2 Spectroscopic Characteristics of Proton Reduction Systems
- 7.3 Summary
- 8 Summary
- 9 Experimental
- Bibliography
- Scientific Contributions
- Appendix
- Appendix
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Schemes
- Declaration