H2 has been proposed a potential source of clean energy for future use and the design of metal complexes for catalytic H2 production has been a subject of intense study. Metal complexes based on Ni, Co and Fe have been shown to catalyze H2 evolution by electrochemical and/or photochemical approaches. We have reported H2 evolution catalyzed by a cobalt complex with a new pentadentate ligand, N,N-Bis(2-pyridinylmethyl)-2,2'-Bipyridine-6-methanamine (DPA-Bpy). Here, we report the synthesis and characterization of Ni complex of DPA-Bpy ligand, as well as its catalytic properties of H2 production by both electrochemical and photochemical methods.

Hydrogen evolution catalyzed by molecular nickel complex with DPA-Bpy ligand

245th National Meeting (2013)

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