New dyads consisting of a strongly absorbing Bodipy (dipyrromethene-BF 2 ) dye and a platinum diimine dithiolate (PtN 2 S 2 ) charge transfer (CT) chromophore have been synthesized and studied in the context of the light-driven generation of H 2 from aqueous protons. In these dyads, the Bodipy dye is bonded directly to the benzenedithiolate ligand of the PtN 2 S 2 CT chromophore. Each of the new dyads contains either a bipyridine (bpy) or phenanthroline (phen) diimine with an attached functional group that is used for binding directly to TiO 2 nanoparticles, allowing rapid electron photoinjection into the semiconductor. The absorption spectra and cyclic voltammograms of the dyads show that the spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of the dyads are the sum of the individual chromophores (Bodipy and the PtN 2 S 2 moieties), indicating little electronic coupling between them. Connection to TiO 2 nanoparticles is carried out by sonication leading to in situ attachment to TiO 2 without prior hydrolysis of the ester linking groups to acids. For H 2 generation studies, the TiO 2 particles are platinized (Pt-TiO 2 ) so that the light absorber (the dyad), the electron conduit (TiO 2 ), and the catalyst (attached colloidal Pt) are fully integrated. It is found that upon 530 nm irradiation in a H 2 O solution (pH 4) with ascorbic acid as an electron donor, the dyad linked to Pt-TiO 2 via a phosphonate or carboxylate attachment shows excellent light-driven H 2 production with substantial longevity, in which one particular dyad [4(bpyP)] exhibits the highest activity, generating ∼40,000 turnover numbers of H 2 over 12 d (with respect to dye).photochemistry | solar energy conversion | hydrogen | spectroscopy | synthesis W ater splitting into hydrogen and oxygen is the key energystoring reaction of artificial photosynthesis (AP) and one of the most promising long-term strategies for carbon-free energy on a potentially global scale (1). As a redox reaction, water splitting has been studied primarily in terms of its two halfreactions, the reduction of aqueous protons to H 2 and the oxidation of water to O 2 (2-13). Whereas some of these studies date back more than 30 y (14-22), recent progress on each halfreaction has been notable, particularly with regard to catalyst development and mechanistic understanding of each transformation (6,(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29). In this paper, we focus on efforts dealing with the lightdriven generation of H 2 , which in its simplest form requires a light absorber or photosensitizer (PS) for electron-hole creation, a means or pathway for charge separation and electron transfer, an aqueous proton source, a catalyst for collecting electrons and protons and promoting their conversion to H 2 , and an ultimate source of electrons in the form of an electron donor.Dating from the earliest work on the light-driven generation of H 2 , the photosensitizer has most often been a Ru(II) complex with 2,2′-bipyridine (bpy) and/or related heterocyclic ligands having a long-lived triplet metal-to-ligand ...