A Water‐Stable Porphyrin‐Based Metal–Organic Framework Active for Visible‐Light Photocatalysis

Authors: Alexandra Fateeva, Philip A. Chater, Christopher P. Ireland, Asif Ali Tahir, Yaroslav Z. Khimyak, Paul V. Wiper, James R. Darwent, Matthew J. Rosseinsky - Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012 cited by 794

Light-harvesting MOFs: A new porous porphyrinic metal-organic framework (MOF; see picture) was obtained by hydrothermal synthesis. The chemical and thermal stability of the material allows a postsynthetic insertion of zinc in the center of the porphyrin. The visible-light photocatalytic activity of this porphyrin-based material is shown for the sacrificial hydrogen evolution from water.