Bimetallic Photocatalyst Assemblies (A07*)

• Subject Area: Inorganic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation
• Term: since 2026
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 444632635

Project A07 centers on the development of a new class of bimetallic photoredox catalysts, based on the N4-macrocyclic Mabiq ligand. The two metal sites can act in a synergistic fashion for enhanced photocatalysis. The project will explore application of the second metal for redox tuning, as a co-catalyst, and in a structural function to direct substrates. The bimetallic Mabiq complexes offer ideal systems to examine how the assembly of the different catalytic components – photosensitizer, organometallic (co)catalyst and substrate(s) – within a single scaffold can benefit catalytic processes.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 325: Assembly Controlled Chemical Photocatalysis
• Applicant Institution: Universität Regensburg
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Corinna Hess