Descubrimiento y cribado de alto rendimiento de complejos heterolepticos de iridio para la producción de hidrógeno

Jonas I Goldsmith1, William R Hudson, Michael S Lowry

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544, USA.

Resumen

Los investigadores desarrollaron nuevos complejos de iridio para la eficiente generación de hidrógeno fotoinducido a partir del agua. Estos catalizadores demostraron una eficiencia de producción de hidrógeno significativamente mayor en comparación con los fotosensibilizadores existentes.

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