Exploration of Transition Metal Complexes for Use in Photoinduced Electron Transfer (PET) Pathways
Date
2-19-2025
Faculty Mentor
Anusree Mukherjee, Chemistry & Geosciences
Files
Submission Type
Conference Proceeding
Location
4:30-4:40 pm | Houston Cole Library, 11th Floor
Description
Within the modern scientific and industrial framework, there exists a current and ongoing demand for clean, safe, accessible, efficient, affordable, scalable, and sustainable energy that does not rely on fossil fuels and other carbon-based energy. Although some clean energy sources do exist and are utilized, such as solar, wind, or hydropower, they each fall short because of their intermittent nature. As a result, there are continuing investigations into photocatalytic hydrogen production via photoinduced electron transfer (PET) pathways as a potential solution. The first step required to make this process viable includes finding a sufficient catalytic system. Water-soluble transition metal complexes were the target of this research due to the abundance, low cost, and benign nature of each compound, and they were primarily investigated by first attempting to synthesize a molecule that fit these constraints. They were coupled with a photosensitizer so that electron transfer kinetics could be studied which is a fundamental step for hydrogen production. In this poster, our initial attempt toward this effort will be explained.
Keywords
student research, geography
Rights
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Disciplines
Geochemistry
Recommended Citation
Ballard, Hunter and Bamigboye, Victoria, "Exploration of Transition Metal Complexes for Use in Photoinduced Electron Transfer (PET) Pathways" (2025). JSU Student Symposium 2025. 52.
https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/ce_jsustudentsymp_2025/52
