Atılgan, Hale2016-04-152016-04-152015-082015-082015-09http://hdl.handle.net/11693/28913Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 65-73).Thesis (M.S.): Bilkent University, The Department of Chemistry and the Graduate School of Engineering and Science of, 2015.The key technology to fulfill the energy needs in the future is the generation of fuels by harvesting solar energy. Due to high abundance and low prices of cobalt, water-splitting (based on cobalt) method has received a lot of attention compared to noble metals. Several times cobaltoxime based catalysts were studied for proton reduction. In this project, our aim was to produce a homogeneous photocatalytic system for photogeneration of hydrogen with high efficiency. To do so, we synthesized ten integrated molecules in which we are making use of the highly quantum efficient and photostable BODIPY chromophore. After the synthesis and characterization of target molecules, we achieved to demonstrate hydrogen evolution with five of our molecules.xv, 130 leaves :illustrations.Englishinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPhotocatalysiswater splittinghydrogen generationBODIPYphotoinduced electron transferThesisB151257