A bis-cyclometaling ligand afforded a novel IrIII–CoIII dinuclear complex with vectorial electron transfer that evolved hydrogen gas upon yellow-light irradiation. The supramolecular photosystem provided increased stability during photocatalysis with respect to that of classic bidentate systems.
Jacques, A., Schott, O., Robeyns, K., Hanan, G. S., & Elias, B. (2016). Hydrogen Photoevolution from a Green-Absorbing Iridium(III)-Cobalt(III) Dyad. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2016(12), 1779-1783. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201501467 (Original work published 2016)