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A noble-metal-free, tetra-nickel polyoxotungstate catalyst for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.

A tetra-nickel-containing polyoxotungstate, Na6K4[Ni4(H2O)2(PW9O34)2]·32H2O (Na6K4-Ni4P2), has been synthesized in high yield and systematically characterized. The X-ray crystal structure confirms that a tetra-nickel cluster core [Ni4O14] is sandwiched by two trivacant, heptadentate [PW9O34](9-) POM ligands. When coupled with (4,4'-di-tert-butyl-2,2'-dipyridyl)-bis(2-phenylpyridine(1H))-iridium(III) hexafluorophosphate [Ir(ppy)2(dtbbpy)][PF6] as photosensitizer and triethanolamine (TEOA) as sacrificial electron donor, the noble-metal-free complex Ni4P2 works as an efficient and robust molecular catalyst for H2 production upon visible light irradiation. Under minimally optimized conditions, Ni4P2 catalyzes H2 production over 1 week and achieves a turnover number (TON) of as high as 6500 with almost no loss in activity. Mechanistic studies (emission quenching, time-resolved fluorescence decay, and transient absorption spectroscopy) confirm that, under visible light irradiation, the excited state [Ir(ppy)2(dtbbpy)](+)* can be both oxidatively and reductively quenched by Ni4P2 and TEOA, respectively. Extensive stability studies (e.g., UV-vis absorption, FT-IR, mercury-poison test, dynamic light scattering (DLS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM)) provide very strong evidence that Ni4P2 catalyst remains homogeneous and intact under turnover conditions.

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