Table 1. Dye-sensitised photocathodes with immobilised molecular catalysts for proton reduction in aqueous solution.
| Substrate | Dye | Catalyst | pH | Electrolyte solution | |j|/μA cm–2@Eapp/V vs. RHE | Faradaic efficiency | TONcat | Reference |
| CuCrO2 | DPP-P | NiP | 3 | Na2SO4 | 15@0.00 | 34 ± 8% | 126 ± 13.3 (2 h) | This work |
| NiO | DPP-P | NiP | 3 | Na2SO4 | 5.8@0.00 | 31 ± 8% | n. r. a | This work |
| NiO | Ru complex (RuP3) | NiP | 3 | Na2SO4 | ∼10@0.30 | 8.6 ± 2.3% | ≈1 (2 h) b | 37 |
| NiO | Dyad organic dye-cobalt diimine-dioxime | 5.5 | MES/NaCl | 15@0.14 | 9.5% | ≈4 (2 h) b | 18 | |
| NiO | Supramolecular Ru complex-cobaloxime assembly | 7 | Phosphate | 8@0.51 | 68% | n. r. a | 40 | |
| NiO | Organic dye (P1) | Cobaloxime | 7 | Phosphate | ∼5@0.21 | 68% | n. r. a | 39 |
| NiO | Ru complex (RuP) | Cobaloxime (CoHEC) | 7 | Phosphate | 13@0.21 | n. r. a | n. r. a | 41 |
| NiO | Coumarine C343 | Fe2(CO)6(bdt) | 4.5 | Acetate | ∼10@0.16 | 50% | ≤3 (18 min) | 38 |
| NiO | CdSe | Cobaloxime | 6.8 | Na2SO4 | 100@0.40 | 81% | n. r. a | 42 |
| ITO | Supramolecular Ru complex-(RuP2)-NiP assembly | 5.1 | MES | 56@0.05 | 53 ± 5% | ≈16 (3 h) b | 43 | |
| NiKO|NiCuO|ioITO | Supramolecular Ru complex (RuP2)-NiP assembly | 5.0 | MES/KCl | ∼59@0.05 | ∼90% | ≈20 (2 h) | 44 | |
an. r.: not reported.
bCalculated from the reference.