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Gobbato T, Volpato GA, Sartorel A, Bonchio M. A breath of sunshine: oxygenic photosynthesis by functional molecular architectures. Chem Sci 2023; 14:12402-12429. [PMID: 38020375 PMCID: PMC10646967 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc03780k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
Abstract
The conversion of light into chemical energy is the game-changer enabling technology for the energetic transition to renewable and clean solar fuels. The photochemistry of interest includes the overall reductive/oxidative splitting of water into hydrogen and oxygen and alternatives based on the reductive conversion of carbon dioxide or nitrogen, as primary sources of energy-rich products. Devices capable of performing such transformations are based on the integration of three sequential core functions: light absorption, photo-induced charge separation, and the photo-activated breaking/making of molecular bonds via specific catalytic routes. The key to success does not rely simply on the individual components' performance, but on their optimized integration in terms of type, number, geometry, spacing, and linkers dictating the photosynthetic architecture. Natural photosynthesis has evolved along this concept, by integrating each functional component in one specialized "body" (from the Greek word "soma") to enable the conversion of light quanta with high efficiency. Therefore, the natural "quantasome" represents the key paradigm to inspire man-made constructs for artificial photosynthesis. The case study presented in this perspective article deals with the design of artificial photosynthetic systems for water oxidation and oxygen production, engineered as molecular architectures then rendered on electrodic surfaces. Water oxidation to oxygen is indeed the pervasive oxidative reaction used by photosynthetic organisms, as the source of reducing equivalents (electrons and protons) to be delivered for the processing of high-energy products. Considering the vast and abundant supply of water (including seawater) as a renewable source on our planet, this is also a very appealing option for photosynthetic energy devices. We will showcase the progress in the last 15 years (2009-2023) in the strategies for integrating functional building blocks as molecular photosensitizers, multi-redox water oxidation catalysts and semiconductor materials, highlighting how additional components such as redox mediators, hydrophilic/hydrophobic pendants, and protective layers can impact on the overall photosynthetic performance. Emerging directions consider the modular tuning of the multi-component device, in order to target a diversity of photocatalytic oxidations, expanding the scope of the primary electron and proton sources while enhancing the added-value of the oxidation product beyond oxygen: the selective photooxidation of organics combines the green chemistry vision with renewable energy schemes and is expected to explode in coming years.
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- Thomas Gobbato
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova via Marzolo 1 35131 Padova Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova via Marzolo 1 35131 Padova Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova via Marzolo 1 35131 Padova Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova via Marzolo 1 35131 Padova Italy
- ITM-CNR Section of Padova, INSTM Unit of Padova via Marzolo 1 35131 Padova Italy
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Ansón-Casaos A, Martínez-Barón C, Angoy-Benabarre S, Hernández-Ferrer J, Benito A, Maser W, Blesa M. Stability of a pyrimidine-based dye-sensitized TiO2 photoanode in sacrificial electrolytes. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.117114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Chalil Oglou R, Ulusoy Ghobadi TG, Ozbay E, Karadas F. "Plug and Play" Photosensitizer-Catalyst Dyads for Water Oxidation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:21131-21140. [PMID: 35482427 PMCID: PMC9100495 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c01102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We present a simple and easy-to-scale synthetic method to plug common organic photosensitizers into a cyanide-based network structure for the development of photosensitizer-water oxidation catalyst (PS-WOC) dyad assemblies for the photocatalytic water oxidation process. Three photosensitizers, one of which absorbs red light similar to P680 in photosystem II, were utilized to harvest different regions of the solar spectrum. Photosensitizers are covalently coordinated to CoFe Prussian blue structures to prepare PS-WOC dyads. All dyads exhibit steady water oxidation catalytic activities throughout a 6 h photocatalytic experiment. Our results demonstrate that the covalent coordination between the PS and WOC group not only enhances the photocatalytic activity but also improves the robustness of the organic PS group. The photocatalytic activity of "plug and play" dyads relies on several structural and electronic parameters, including the position of the energy levels of the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) of the PS with respect to the HOMO level of the catalytic site, the intensity and wavelength of the absorption band of the PS, and the number of catalytic sites.
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- Ramadan Chalil Oglou
- UNAM—National
Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent
University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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- NANOTAM—Nanotechnology
Research Center, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
- Department
of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
- Department
of Physics, Faculty of Science Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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- UNAM—National
Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent
University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Bilkent
University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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Zhu Y, Liu G, Zhao R, Gao H, Li X, Sun L, Li F. Photoelectrochemical water oxidation improved by pyridine N-oxide as a mimic of tyrosine-Z in photosystem II. Chem Sci 2022; 13:4955-4961. [PMID: 35655895 PMCID: PMC9067620 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc00443g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Artificial photosynthesis provides a way to store solar energy in chemical bonds with water oxidation as a major challenge for creating highly efficient and robust photoanodes that mimic photosystem II. We report here an easily available pyridine N-oxide (PNO) derivative as an efficient electron transfer relay between an organic light absorber and molecular water oxidation catalyst on a nanoparticle TiO2 photoanode. Spectroscopic and kinetic studies revealed that the PNO/PNO+˙ couple closely mimics the redox behavior of the tyrosine/tyrosyl radical pair in PSII in improving light-driven charge separation via multi-step electron transfer. The integrated photoanode exhibited a 1 sun current density of 3 mA cm-2 in the presence of Na2SO3 and a highly stable photocurrent density of >0.5 mA cm-2 at 0.4 V vs. NHE over a period of 1 h for water oxidation at pH 7. The performance shown here is superior to those of previously reported organic dye-based photoanodes in terms of photocurrent and stability.
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- Yong Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology Dalian 116024 China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (MOE), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology Dalian 116024 China
- Department of Chemistry, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm 10044 Sweden
- Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels, School of Science, Westlake University Hangzhou 310024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology Dalian 116024 China
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Photoelectrocatalysis for high-value-added chemicals production. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(21)63923-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Avila Y, Acevedo-Peña P, Reguera L, Reguera E. Recent progress in transition metal hexacyanometallates: From structure to properties and functionality. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Chalil Oglou R, Ulusoy Ghobadi TG, Ozbay E, Karadas F. Electrodeposited cobalt hexacyanoferrate electrode as a non-enzymatic glucose sensor under neutral conditions. Anal Chim Acta 2021; 1188:339188. [PMID: 34794574 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2021.339188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2021] [Revised: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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A CoFe Prussian blue analogue (CoFe PB) modified FTO electrode, prepared via a facile electrodeposition method, is investigated as a non-enzymatic glucose sensor under neutral conditions. The electrode exhibits a linear detection of glucose in the 0.1-8.2 mmol/L range with a detection limit of 67 μM, a sensitivity of 18.69 μA/mM.cm2, and a fast response time of less than 7 s under neutral conditions. Its stability is confirmed with both electrochemical experiments and characterization studies performed on the pristine and post-mortem electrode. We also conducted a comprehensive electrochemical analysis to elucidate the identity of the active site and the glucose oxidation mechanism on the Prussian blue surface.
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- Ramadan Chalil Oglou
- UNAM - National Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, Ankara, 06800, Turkey
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- NANOTAM - Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey; Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, 06800, Turkey; Department of Physics, Faculty of Science Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- UNAM - National Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, Ankara, 06800, Turkey; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey.
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Meng X, Yang J, Zhang C, Fu Y, Li K, Sun M, Wang X, Dong C, Ma B, Ding Y. Light-Driven CO2 Reduction over Prussian Blue Analogues as Heterogeneous Catalysts. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c04415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Xiangyu Meng
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Sinopec Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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Andonova S, Akbari SS, Karadaş F, Spassova I, Paneva D, Hadjiivanov K. Structure and properties of KNi–hexacyanoferrate Prussian Blue Analogues for efficient CO2 capture: Host–guest interaction chemistry and dynamics of CO2 adsorption. J CO2 UTIL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2021.101593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Ghobadi TGU, Ghobadi A, Demirtas M, Buyuktemiz M, Ozvural KN, Yildiz EA, Erdem E, Yaglioglu HG, Durgun E, Dede Y, Ozbay E, Karadas F. Building an Iron Chromophore Incorporating Prussian Blue Analogue for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation. Chemistry 2021; 27:8966-8976. [PMID: 33929068 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202100654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The replacement of traditional ruthenium-based photosensitizers with low-cost and abundant iron analogs is a key step for the advancement of scalable and sustainable dye-sensitized water splitting cells. In this proof-of-concept study, a pyridinium ligand coordinated pentacyanoferrate(II) chromophore is used to construct a cyanide-based CoFe extended bulk framework, in which the iron photosensitizer units are connected to cobalt water oxidation catalytic sites through cyanide linkers. The iron-sensitized photoanode exhibits exceptional stability for at least 5 h at pH 7 and features its photosensitizing ability with an incident photon-to-current conversion capacity up to 500 nm with nanosecond scale excited state lifetime. Ultrafast transient absorption and computational studies reveal that iron and cobalt sites mutually support each other for charge separation via short bridging cyanide groups and for injection to the semiconductor in our proof-of-concept photoelectrochemical device. The reorganization of the excited states due to the mixing of electronic states of metal-based orbitals subsequently tailor the electron transfer cascade during the photoelectrochemical process. This breakthrough in chromophore-catalyst assemblies will spark interest in dye-sensitization with robust bulk systems for photoconversion applications.
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- T Gamze Ulusoy Ghobadi
- UNAM - National Nanotechnology Research Center Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and NANOTAM - Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- UNAM - National Nanotechnology Research Center Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Gazi University Teknikokullar, 06500, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Ankara University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey
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- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, 34956, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Ankara University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey
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- UNAM - National Nanotechnology Research Center Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Gazi University Teknikokullar, 06500, Ankara, Turkey
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- UNAM - National Nanotechnology Research Center Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey.,Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and NANOTAM - Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey.,Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- UNAM - National Nanotechnology Research Center Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey.,Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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Shi C, Ye S, Wang X, Meng F, Liu J, Yang T, Zhang W, Wei J, Ta N, Lu GQ(M, Hu M, Liu J. Modular Construction of Prussian Blue Analog and TiO 2 Dual-Compartment Janus Nanoreactor for Efficient Photocatalytic Water Splitting. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2021; 8:2001987. [PMID: 33854873 PMCID: PMC8024990 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202001987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Revised: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Janus structures that include different functional compartments have attracted significant attention due to their specific properties in a diverse range of applications. However, it remains challenge to develop an effective strategy for achieving strong interfacial interaction. Herein, a Janus nanoreactor consisting of TiO2 2D nanocrystals integrated with Prussian blue analog (PBA) single crystals is proposed and synthesized by mimicking the planting process. In situ etching of PBA particles induces nucleation and growth of TiO2 nanoflakes onto the concave surface of PBA particles, and thus enhances the interlayer interaction. The anisotropic PBA-TiO2 Janus nanoreactor demonstrates enhanced photocatalytic activities for both water reduction and oxidation reactions compared with TiO2 and PBA alone. As far as it is known, this is the first PBA-based composite that serves as a bifunctional photocatalyst for solar water splitting. The interfacial structure between two materials is vital for charge separation and transfer based on the spectroscopic studies. These results shed light on the elaborate construction of Janus nanoreactor, highlighting the important role of interfacial design at the microscale level.
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- Chunjing Shi
- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical PhysicsChinese Academy of Sciences, and Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy457 Zhongshan RoadDalian116023P. R. China
- School of Physics and Materials ScienceEast China Normal University500 Dongchuan RoadShanghai200241P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical PhysicsChinese Academy of Sciences, and Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy457 Zhongshan RoadDalian116023P. R. China
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- The College of ChemistryNanchang University999 Xuefu RoadNanchang330031P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical PhysicsChinese Academy of Sciences, and Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy457 Zhongshan RoadDalian116023P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical PhysicsChinese Academy of Sciences, and Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy457 Zhongshan RoadDalian116023P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical PhysicsChinese Academy of Sciences, and Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy457 Zhongshan RoadDalian116023P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Materials ScienceEast China Normal University500 Dongchuan RoadShanghai200241P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical PhysicsChinese Academy of Sciences, and Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy457 Zhongshan RoadDalian116023P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical PhysicsChinese Academy of Sciences, and Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy457 Zhongshan RoadDalian116023P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Materials ScienceEast China Normal University500 Dongchuan RoadShanghai200241P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical PhysicsChinese Academy of Sciences, and Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy457 Zhongshan RoadDalian116023P. R. China
- DICP‐Surrey Joint Centre for Future MaterialsDepartment of Chemical and Process EngineeringUniversity of SurreyGuildfordSurreyGU2 7XHUK
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Ulusoy Ghobadi TG, Ozbay E, Karadas F. How to Build Prussian Blue Based Water Oxidation Catalytic Assemblies: Common Trends and Strategies. Chemistry 2021; 27:3638-3649. [PMID: 33197292 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Prussian blue (PB) and its analogues (PBAs) have at least a three-century-long history in coordination chemistry. Recently, cobalt-based PBAs have been acknowledged as efficient and robust water oxidation catalysts. Given the flexibility in their synthesis, the structure and morphology of cobalt-based PBAs have been modified for enhanced catalytic activity under electrochemical (EC), photocatalytic (PC), and photoelectrochemical (PEC) conditions. Here, in this review, the work on cobalt-based PBAs is presented in four sections: i) electrocatalytic water oxidation with bare PBAs, ii) photocatalytic processes in the presence of a photosensitizer (PS), iii) photoelectrochemical water oxidation by coupling PBAs to proper semiconductors (SCs), and iv) the utilization of PBA-PS assemblies coated on SCs for the dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical water oxidation. This review will guide readers through the structure and catalytic activity relationship in cobalt-based PBAs by describing the role of each structural component. Furthermore, this review aims to provide insight into common strategies to enhance the catalytic activity of PBAs.
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- T Gamze Ulusoy Ghobadi
- Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, Ankara, 06800, Turkey
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- NANOTAM-Nanotechnology Research Center, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Department of Physics, Bilkent University, Ankara, 06800, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University, Ankara, 06800, Turkey.,Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, Ankara, 06800, Turkey
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Akbari SS, Karadas F. Precious Metal-Free Photocatalytic Water Oxidation by a Layered Double Hydroxide-Prussian Blue Analogue Hybrid Assembly. CHEMSUSCHEM 2021; 14:679-685. [PMID: 33159387 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202002279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Revised: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The development of earth-abundant photocatalytic assemblies has been one of the bottlenecks for the advancement of scalable water splitting cells. In this study, a ZnCr layered double hydroxide and a CoFe Prussian blue analogue are combined to afford an earth-abundant photocatalytic assembly involving a visible light-absorbing semiconductor (SC) and a water oxidation catalyst (WOC). Compared to bare ZnCr-LDH, the SC-WOC hybrid assembly exhibits a threefold enhancement in photocatalytic activity, which is maintained for 6 h under photocatalytic conditions at pH 7. The band energy diagram was extracted from optical and electrochemical studies to elucidate the origin of the enhanced photocatalytic performance. This study marks a straightforward pathway to develop low-cost and precious metal-free assemblies for visible light-driven water oxidation.
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- Sina Sadigh Akbari
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
- UNAM - National Nanotechnology Research Center, Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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Gundogdu G, Ulusoy Ghobadi TG, Sadigh Akbari S, Ozbay E, Karadas F. Photocatalytic water oxidation with a Prussian blue modified brown TiO 2. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:508-511. [PMID: 33331359 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc07077g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A recently emerging visible light-absorbing semiconductor, brown TiO2 (b-TiO2), was coupled with a CoFe Prussian blue (PB) analogue to prepare an entirely earth-abundant semiconductor/water oxidation catalyst hybrid assembly. PB/b-TiO2 exhibits a sevenfold higher photocatalytic water oxidation activity compared to b-TiO2. An elegant band alignment unified with the optical absorption of b-TiO2 and excellent electronic dynamics of PB yield a high-performance photocatalytic system.
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- Gulsum Gundogdu
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800, Turkey.
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Lu M, Zhang M, Liu C, Liu J, Shang L, Wang M, Chang J, Li S, Lan Y. Stable Dioxin‐Linked Metallophthalocyanine Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) as Photo‐Coupled Electrocatalysts for CO
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Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:4864-4871. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Meng Lu
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- School of Chemistry South China Normal University Guangzhou 510006 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Beihua University Jilin City 132013 P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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Lu M, Zhang M, Liu C, Liu J, Shang L, Wang M, Chang J, Li S, Lan Y. Stable Dioxin‐Linked Metallophthalocyanine Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) as Photo‐Coupled Electrocatalysts for CO
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Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202011722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Meng Lu
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- School of Chemistry South China Normal University Guangzhou 510006 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Beihua University Jilin City 132013 P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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Yamane M, Tabe H, Kawakami M, Tanaka H, Kawamoto T, Yamada Y. Single Open Sites on Fe II Ions Stabilized by Coupled Metal Ions in CN-Deficient Prussian Blue Analogues for High Catalytic Activity in the Hydrolysis of Organophosphates. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:16000-16009. [PMID: 33076661 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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CN-deficient Prussian blue analogues (PBAs), [MN(H2O)x]y[FeII(CN)5(NH3)] (MN = CuII, CoII, or GaIII), were synthesized and examined as a new class of heterogeneous catalysts for hydrolytic decomposition of organophosphates often used as pesticides. The active species of the CN-deficient PBAs were mainly C-bound FeII ions with only single open sites generated by liberation of the NH3 ligand during the catalytic reactions. [CuII(H2O)8/3]3/2[FeII(CN)5(NH3)] showed higher catalytic activity than [CoII(H2O)8/3]3/2[FeII(CN)5(NH3)] and [GaIII(H2O)][FeII(CN)5(NH3)], although N-bound CuII species has been reported as less active than CoII and GaIII species in conventional PBAs. IR measurements of a series of the CN-deficient PBAs after the catalytic reactions clarified that a part of the NH3 ligands remained on [CoII(H2O)8/3]3/2[FeII(CN)5(NH3)] and that hydrogen phosphate formed as a product strongly adsorbed on the FeII ions of [GaIII(H2O)][FeII(CN)5(NH3)]. Hydrogen phosphate also adsorbed, but weakly, on the FeII ions of [CuII(H2O)8/3]3/2[FeII(CN)5(NH3)]. These results suggest that heterogeneous catalysis of the FeII ions with single open sites were tuned by the MN ions through metal-metal interaction.
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- Mari Yamane
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.,Research Center of Artificial Photosynthesis (ReCAP), Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Nanomaterials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan
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- Nanomaterials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan
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- Nanomaterials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.,Research Center of Artificial Photosynthesis (ReCAP), Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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Ghobadi TGU, Ghobadi A, Soydan MC, Vishlaghi MB, Kaya S, Karadas F, Ozbay E. Strong Light-Matter Interactions in Au Plasmonic Nanoantennas Coupled with Prussian Blue Catalyst on BiVO 4 for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. CHEMSUSCHEM 2020; 13:2577-2588. [PMID: 32157799 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202000294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Revised: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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A facial and large-scale compatible fabrication route is established, affording a high-performance heterogeneous plasmonic-based photoelectrode for water oxidation that incorporates a CoFe-Prussian blue analog (PBA) structure as the water oxidation catalytic center. For this purpose, an angled deposition of gold (Au) was used to selectively coat the tips of the bismuth vanadate (BiVO4 ) nanostructures, yielding Au-capped BiVO4 (Au-BiVO4 ). The formation of multiple size/dimension Au capping islands provides strong light-matter interactions at nanoscale dimensions. These plasmonic particles not only enhance light absorption in the bulk BiVO4 (through the excitation of Fabry-Perot (FP) modes) but also contribute to photocurrent generation through the injection of sub-band-gap hot electrons. To substantiate the activity of the photoanodes, the interfacial electron dynamics are significantly improved by using a PBA water oxidation catalyst (WOC) resulting in an Au-BiVO4 /PBA assembly. At 1.23 V (vs. RHE), the photocurrent value for a bare BiVO4 photoanode was obtained as 190 μA cm-2 , whereas it was boosted to 295 μA cm-2 and 1800 μA cm-2 for Au-BiVO4 and Au-BiVO4 /PBA, respectively. Our results suggest that this simple and facial synthetic approach paves the way for plasmonic-based solar water splitting, in which a variety of common metals and semiconductors can be employed in conjunction with catalyst designs.
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- T Gamze Ulusoy Ghobadi
- UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center, Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 6800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
- NANOTAM-Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
- NANOTAM-Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Chemistry Department, Koc University, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey
- TUPRAS Energy Center (KUTEM), Koc University, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey
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- Chemistry Department, Koc University, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey
- TUPRAS Energy Center (KUTEM), Koc University, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey
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- UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center, Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 6800, Ankara, Turkey
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center, Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 6800, Ankara, Turkey
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
- NANOTAM-Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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