Photocatalysis with Transition Metal Based Photosensitizers

ABSTRACT

Photocatalysis under visible-light irradiation has many applications in organic synthesis and solar fuels. Out of the many photosensitizers that have been used in photocatalysis applications, metal-based photosensitizers are most prominent, given their excellent tunability and performance. In this review, different categories of metal-based photosensitizers are summarized and their function in photocatalytic reactions is described. There are also examples of recently developed photocatalytic applications using these photosensitizers.

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KEYWORDS:

• Photocatalysis
• photoredox catalysis
• photosensitizer
• photoinduced electron transfer

Acknowledgments

We thank the National Science Foundation (CHE-1846831) and the Welch Foundation (E-1887) for funding our research on photosensitizers and photocatalysis.

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation [CHE-1846831] and Welch Foundation [E-1887].