Colocalization of light harvesting and catalytic units in a ‘soft’ coordination polymer hydrogel toward visible-light driven photocatalytic hydrogen production

An anthracene based coordination polymer gel (CPG) material has been prepared which acted as a stable visible light driven photocatalyst without adding any co-catalyst for hydrogen evolution from water with the maximum rate of 0.97 mmol g⁻¹ h⁻¹.