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240 M.T. Indelli et al.<br />

Fig. 12 Block diagram representation <strong>of</strong> a photochemical molecular device for photoinduced<br />

electron collection <strong>and</strong> two-electron redox catalysis<br />

nents capable <strong>of</strong> storing electrons <strong>and</strong> using them in multielectron redox<br />

processes. A possible PEC scheme is shown in Fig. 12.<br />

In this scheme, P are electron transfer photosensitizers, C an electron store<br />

component, <strong>and</strong> BL rigid bridging lig<strong>and</strong>s. D is a sacrificial electron donor,<br />

<strong>and</strong> A2 is a two-electron reduced product (e.g., H2 starting from 2H + ). The<br />

key molecular component C must have the ability to store two electrons following<br />

photoinduced electron transfer from P, <strong>and</strong> to deliver them to the<br />

substrate A + in a low-activation two-electron process that leads to the desired<br />

product A2.<br />

Very few homogeneous systems for photoinduced electron collection<br />

(PEC) have been reported by now [115–122]. Trimetallic complexes incorporating<br />

polyazine bridging lig<strong>and</strong>s have been designed <strong>and</strong> studied by<br />

Brewer’s group for potential applications as PEC devices [123–126]. Most<br />

<strong>of</strong> these complexes have general formula [(bpy)2Ru(BL)]2MCl2 n+ with BL =<br />

2,3-bis(2-pyridyl)pyrazine (dpp), 2,3-bis(2-pyridyl)quinoxaline (dpq), or 2,3bis(2-pyridyl)benzoquinoxaline<br />

(dpb) <strong>and</strong> M = Ir(III) or Rh(III) [123, 125].<br />

The first functioning PEC system, [(bpy)2Ru(dpb)]2IrCl2 5+ ,wasreported<br />

in 1994, employing π systems <strong>of</strong> polyazine bridging lig<strong>and</strong>s to collect electrons<br />

[123]. Very recently, an analogous supramolecular trimetallic species<br />

has been reported where the central Ir-based moiety is replaced by a Rh(III)<br />

complex [127]. This new system, [(bpy)2Ru(dpp)]2RhCl2 5+ (25), was obtained<br />

coupling two Ru chromophoric units which play the role <strong>of</strong> P, through

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