We have directly incorporated a stilbene-based organic dye into a cobaloxime core to generate a photosensitizer-catalyst dyad for photocatalytic H2 production. We have also developed a simple experimental setup for evaluating the light-driven H2 production by photocatalytic assemblies.
Mir, A. Q., Dolui, D., Khandelwal, S., Bhatt, H., Kumari, B., Barman, S., Kanvah, S., Dutta, A. Developing Photosensitizer-Cobaloxime Hybrids for Solar-Driven H2 Production in Aqueous Aerobic Conditions. J. Vis. Exp. (152), e60231, doi:10.3791/60231 (2019).