Chemistry Letters, Vol.40, No.4, 345-347, 2011
Hydrogen Generation Using a Photoinduced Electron-transport System with a Molecular Catalyst in Vesicles
We constructed a novel 142 generation system mimicking natural photosynthesis, in which an electron is transported photochemically from ascorbate entrapped in the inner waterpool of vesicles to MV2+ dissolved in the outer aqueous solution and relayed to a Pt(11) complex embedded in the vesicle membrane that acts as a molecular catalyst.