@article{SchindlerMezaChinchaRothetal.2021,
  author    = {Schindler, Dorothee and Meza-Chincha, Anna-Lucia and Roth, Maximilian and W{\"u}rthner, Frank},
  title     = {Structure-Activity Relationship for Di- up to Tetranuclear Macrocyclic Ruthenium Catalysts in Homogeneous Water Oxidation},
  series = {Chemistry—A European Journal},
  volume    = {27},
  journal   = {Chemistry—A European Journal},
  number    = {68},
  doi       = {10.1002/chem.202100549},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-256792},
  pages     = {16938-16946},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Two di- and tetranuclear Ru(bda) (bda: 2,2′-bipyridine-6,6′-dicarboxylate) macrocyclic complexes were synthesized and their catalytic activities in chemical and photochemical water oxidation investigated in a comparative manner to our previously reported trinuclear congener. Our studies have shown that the catalytic activities of this homologous series of multinuclear Ru(bda) macrocycles in homogeneous water oxidation are dependent on their size, exhibiting highest efficiencies for the largest tetranuclear catalyst. The turnover frequencies (TOFs) have increased from di- to tetranuclear macrocycles not only per catalyst molecule but more importantly also per Ru unit with TOF of 6 \(^{-1}\) to 8.7 \(^{-1}\) and 10.5 s\(^{-1}\) in chemical and 0.6 s\(^{-1}\) to 3.3 \(^{-1}\) and 5.8 \(^{-1}\) in photochemical water oxidation per Ru unit, respectively. Thus, for the first time, a clear structure-activity relationship could be established for this novel class of macrocyclic water oxidation catalysts.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{WuerthnerMezaChinchaSchindleretal.2021,
  author    = {W{\"u}rthner, Frank and Meza-Chincha, Ana-Lucia and Schindler, Dorothee and Natali, Mirco},
  title     = {Effects of Photosensitizers and Reaction Media on Light-Driven Water Oxidation with Trinuclear Ruthenium Macrocycles},
  series = {ChemPhotoChem},
  volume    = {5},
  journal   = {ChemPhotoChem},
  number    = {2},
  doi       = {10.1002/cptc.202000133},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-230116},
  pages     = {173-183},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Photocatalytic water oxidation is a promising process for the production of solar fuels and the elucidation of factors that influence this process is of high significance. Thus, we have studied in detail light-driven water oxidation with a trinuclear Ru(bda) (bda: 2,2'-bipyridine-6,6'-dicarboxylate) macrocycle MC3 and its highly water soluble derivative m-CH\(_2\)NMe\(_2\)-MC3 using a series of ruthenium tris(bipyridine) complexes as photosensitizers under varied reaction conditions. Our investigations showed that the catalytic activities of these Ru macrocycles are significantly affected by the choice of photosensitizer (PS) and reaction media, in addition to buffer concentration, light intensity and concentration of the sensitizer. Our steady-state and transient spectroscopic studies revealed that the photocatalytic performance of trinuclear Ru(bda) macrocycles is not limited by their intrinsic catalytic activities but rather by the efficiency of photogeneration of oxidant PS\(^+\) and its ability to act as an oxidizing agent to the catalysts as both are strongly dependent on the choice of photosensitizer and the amount of employed organic co-solvent.},
  language  = {en}
}