Covalently linked ferrocene–polyoxometalate dyads for light-induced radical generation
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The design of covalently linked photoactive donor–acceptor dyads offers major opportunities for photocatalysis and solar energy conversion. Here, we report a noble metal-free dyad obtained by covalent anchoring of a ferrocene moiety to a Dawson-type polyoxotungstate. The resulting dyad shows visible light photoinduced charge-separation and electron transfer from the ferrocene to the polyoxometalate. The separated charges can be used for the photoinduced, oxidative and reductive activation of organic peroxides to generate oxygen-based radicals. Structural and mechanistic studies using in situ spectroscopy, time-resolved spectroscopy and spectro-electrochemistry as well as quantum chemical calculations shed light on the underlying photoinduced reactivity. The study presents a blueprint for the design of photoactive covalent photosensitizer–polyoxometalate dyads based on earth-abundant elements.