---
_id: '40997'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'On transition metals such as iron rests lots of hope to replace precious
    metal catalysts in the field of photochemistry for a more sustainable future.
    Indeed, significant progress has been made in recent years in terms of lifetime
    extension and emerging applications in catalysis. For this reason, recent synthetic
    strategies of new photoactive iron compounds, which have proved to show particularly
    promising properties, are reviewed here. The lifetime of the excited state serves
    as a key parameter for comparison with the standard ruthenium complex, [Ru(bpy)3]2+,
    to discuss the potential and performance of the iron complexes. This approach
    is complemented by a more holistic examination of the sustainability of such a
    substitution strategy in order to answer the question: when or at which point
    can we assume that iron represents a more sustainable alternative for noble metals
    in photochemical applications?'
article_type: review
author:
- first_name: Philipp
  full_name: Dierks, Philipp
  last_name: Dierks
- first_name: Yannik
  full_name: Vukadinovic, Yannik
  last_name: Vukadinovic
- first_name: Matthias
  full_name: Bauer, Matthias
  id: '47241'
  last_name: Bauer
  orcid: 0000-0002-9294-6076
citation:
  ama: 'Dierks P, Vukadinovic Y, Bauer M. Photoactive iron complexes: more sustainable,
    but still a challenge. <i>Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers</i>. 2021;9(2):206-220.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1039/d1qi01112j">10.1039/d1qi01112j</a>'
  apa: 'Dierks, P., Vukadinovic, Y., &#38; Bauer, M. (2021). Photoactive iron complexes:
    more sustainable, but still a challenge. <i>Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers</i>,
    <i>9</i>(2), 206–220. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1039/d1qi01112j">https://doi.org/10.1039/d1qi01112j</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Dierks_Vukadinovic_Bauer_2021, title={Photoactive iron complexes:
    more sustainable, but still a challenge}, volume={9}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1039/d1qi01112j">10.1039/d1qi01112j</a>},
    number={2}, journal={Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers}, publisher={Royal Society
    of Chemistry (RSC)}, author={Dierks, Philipp and Vukadinovic, Yannik and Bauer,
    Matthias}, year={2021}, pages={206–220} }'
  chicago: 'Dierks, Philipp, Yannik Vukadinovic, and Matthias Bauer. “Photoactive
    Iron Complexes: More Sustainable, but Still a Challenge.” <i>Inorganic Chemistry
    Frontiers</i> 9, no. 2 (2021): 206–20. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1039/d1qi01112j">https://doi.org/10.1039/d1qi01112j</a>.'
  ieee: 'P. Dierks, Y. Vukadinovic, and M. Bauer, “Photoactive iron complexes: more
    sustainable, but still a challenge,” <i>Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers</i>, vol.
    9, no. 2, pp. 206–220, 2021, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1039/d1qi01112j">10.1039/d1qi01112j</a>.'
  mla: 'Dierks, Philipp, et al. “Photoactive Iron Complexes: More Sustainable, but
    Still a Challenge.” <i>Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers</i>, vol. 9, no. 2, Royal
    Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2021, pp. 206–20, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1039/d1qi01112j">10.1039/d1qi01112j</a>.'
  short: P. Dierks, Y. Vukadinovic, M. Bauer, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 9 (2021)
    206–220.
date_created: 2023-01-30T16:47:45Z
date_updated: 2023-01-31T08:04:56Z
department:
- _id: '35'
- _id: '306'
doi: 10.1039/d1qi01112j
intvolume: '         9'
issue: '2'
keyword:
- Inorganic Chemistry
language:
- iso: eng
page: 206-220
publication: Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2052-1553
publication_status: published
publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
status: public
title: 'Photoactive iron complexes: more sustainable, but still a challenge'
type: journal_article
user_id: '48467'
volume: 9
year: '2021'
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