Dinuclear Copper(I) Halide Complexes Containing Unsymmetric Diphosphine: Structure, Photophysical and Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production Properties

Key Points

• To investigate the structure and properties of dinuclear copper(I) halide complexes with unsymmetric diphosphine for effective hydrogen production.
• Synthesis of three dinuclear copper(I) halide complexes
• Characterization using various spectroscopic techniques
• Evaluation of photophysical properties including emission and decay lifetimes
• Assessment of photocatalytic hydrogen production efficiency.
• The complexes exhibited high emission properties with decay lifetimes in the microsecond range.
• Enhanced photocatalytic activities were observed in hydrogen production tests.
• Structural analyses confirmed the effectiveness of unsymmetric diphosphine ligands in stabilizing the complexes.