Project description
The combination of electrocatalysis and photocatalysis into a single process, termed electrophotocatalysis, has recently emerged as an exciting new approach to chemical synthesis. Electrophotocatalysis enables consecutive activation of the same catalyst from two complimentary energy sources, electricity and light, to produce powerful redox agents. This allows access to new modes of activation that enable the production of molecules that cannot be readily accessed in any other way and facilitates the production of libraries of molecules such as pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, textiles and more. This project aims to advance electrophotocatalysis by optimising the electrochemical and photophysical properties of some of these catalysts, particularly targeting gold-N-heterocyclic carbene complexes. The new catalysts will be evaluated to increase fundamental understanding of the electrophotocatalytic processes involved and used to discover new synthetic methodology and provide sustainable access to large libraries of molecules.
Further information
https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/chem.202303161
Assumed knowledge
General Chemistry, Organic and/or Inorganic Chemistry
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