Improving the synthetic H 2 production catalyst design strategy with the neurotransmitter dopamine.

The strategic incorporation of the neurotransmitter dopamine around a cobaloxime core resulted in excellent electrocatalytic (rate 8400 s -1 ) and photocatalytic H 2 production under neutral aqueous conditions. The influence of the synthetic outer coordination sphere features continues even with a phenylene-diimino-dioxime motif-coordinated cobalt core.