Implementing Metal‐to‐Ligand Charge Transfer in Organic Semiconductor for Improved Visible‐Near‐Infrared Photocatalysis

Abstract

The coordination of organic semiconductors with metal cations can induce metal-to-ligand charge transfer, which broadens light absorption to cover the visible-near-infrared (vis-NIR) spectrum. As a proof-of-concept demonstration, the g-C3 N4 -based complex exhibits dramatically enhanced photocatalytic H2 production with excellent durability under vis-NIR irradiation.