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Sun L, Su T, Fisher AC, Wang X. Heterogeneous Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction in Aqueous Medium Using a Novel N4-Macrocyclic Cobalt Complex. SMALL METHODS 2024:e2400627. [PMID: 39129348 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202400627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2024] [Revised: 07/20/2024] [Indexed: 08/13/2024]
Abstract
Molecular catalysts represent an exceptional class of materials in the realm of electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction (CO2RR), offering distinct advantages owing to their adaptable structure, which enables precise control of electronic configurations and outstanding performance in CO2RR. This study introduces an innovative approach to heterogeneous electrochemical CO2RR in an aqueous environment, utilizing a newly synthesized N4-macrocyclic cobalt complex generated through a dimerization coupling reaction. By incorporating the quaterpyridine moiety, this cobalt complex exhibits the capability to catalyze CO2RR at low overpotentials and reaches near-unity CO production across a wide potential range, as verified by the online mass spectrometry and in situ attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Comprehensive computational models demonstrate the superiority of utilizing quarterpyridine moiety in mediating CO2 conversion compared to the counterpart. This work not only propels the field of electrochemical CO2RR but also underscores the promising potential of cobalt complexes featuring quaterpyridine moieties in advancing sustainable CO2 conversion technologies within aqueous environments.
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- Libo Sun
- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3RA, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, P. R. China
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Cobb SJ, Rodríguez-Jiménez S, Reisner E. Connecting Biological and Synthetic Approaches for Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202310547. [PMID: 37983571 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202310547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction has developed into a broad field, spanning fundamental studies of enzymatic 'model' catalysts to synthetic molecular catalysts and heterogeneous gas diffusion electrodes producing commercially relevant quantities of product. This diversification has resulted in apparent differences and a disconnect between seemingly related approaches when using different types of catalysts. Enzymes possess discrete and well understood active sites that can perform reactions with high selectivity and activities at their thermodynamic limit. Synthetic small molecule catalysts can be designed with desired active site composition but do not yet display enzyme-like performance. These properties of the biological and small molecule catalysts contrast with heterogeneous materials, which can contain multiple, often poorly understood active sites with distinct reactivity and therefore introducing significant complexity in understanding their activities. As these systems are being better understood and the continuously improving performance of their heterogeneous active sites closes the gap with enzymatic activity, this performance difference between heterogeneous and enzymatic systems begins to close. This convergence removes the barriers between using different types of catalysts and future challenges can be addressed without multiple efforts as a unified picture for the biological-synthetic catalyst spectrum emerges.
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- Samuel J Cobb
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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Pugliese S, Huan NT, Solé-Daura A, Li Y, Rivera de la Cruz JG, Forte J, Zanna S, Krief A, Su BL, Fontecave M. CO 2 Electroreduction in Water with a Heterogenized C-Substituted Nickel Cyclam Catalyst. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:15841-15852. [PMID: 36166338 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Molecular catalysis for selective CO2 electroreduction into CO can be achieved with a variety of metal complexes. Their immobilization on cathodes is required for their practical implementation in electrolytic cells and can benefit from the advantages of a solid material such as easy separation of products and catalysts, efficient electron transfer to the catalyst, and high stability. However, this approach remains insufficiently explored up to now. Here, using an appropriate and original modification of the cyclam ligand, we report a novel [Ni(cyclam)]2+ complex which can be immobilized on carbon nanotubes. This material, once deposited on a gas diffusion layer, provides a novel electrode which is remarkably selective for CO2 electroreduction to CO, not only in organic solvents but also, more remarkably, in water, with faradic efficiencies for CO larger than 90% and current densities of 5-10 mA cm-2 during controlled potential electrolysis in H-cells.
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- Silvia Pugliese
- Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR CNRS 8229, Collège de France-CNRS-Sorbonne Université, PSL Research University, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.,Laboratory of Inorganic Materials Chemistry (CMI), University of Namur, 61 Rue de Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR CNRS 8229, Collège de France-CNRS-Sorbonne Université, PSL Research University, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR CNRS 8229, Collège de France-CNRS-Sorbonne Université, PSL Research University, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR CNRS 8229, Collège de France-CNRS-Sorbonne Université, PSL Research University, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR CNRS 8229, Collège de France-CNRS-Sorbonne Université, PSL Research University, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, UMR 8232 CNRS, Plateforme DRX, Sorbonne Université, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 5, France
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- PSL Research University-CNRS Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris (IRCP), 11 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Inorganic Materials Chemistry (CMI), University of Namur, 61 Rue de Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Inorganic Materials Chemistry (CMI), University of Namur, 61 Rue de Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR CNRS 8229, Collège de France-CNRS-Sorbonne Université, PSL Research University, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Grammatico D, Bagnall AJ, Riccardi L, Fontecave M, Su BL, Billon L. Heterogenised Molecular Catalysts for Sustainable Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202206399. [PMID: 35781916 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202206399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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There has been a rapid rise in interest regarding the advantages of support materials to protect and immobilise molecular catalysts for the carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2 RR) in order to overcome the weaknesses of many well-known catalysts in terms of their stability and selectivity. In this Review, the state of the art of different catalyst-support systems for the CO2 RR is discussed with the intention of leading towards standard benchmarking for comparison of such systems across the most relevant supports and immobilisation strategies, taking into account these multiple pertinent metrics, and also enabling clearer consideration of the necessary steps for further progress. The most promising support systems are described, along with a final note on the need for developing more advanced experimental and computational techniques to aid the rational design principles that are prerequisite to prospective industrial upscaling.
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- Domenico Grammatico
- Laboratory of Inorganic Materials Chemistry (CMI), University of Namur, 61 rue de Bruxelles, 5000, Namur, Belgium.,Bio-inspired Materials Group: Functionality & Self-assembly, Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, IPREM UMR 5254, 64000, Pau, France.,Present address: Energy Conversion and Hydrogen Center for Energy, Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Giefinggasse 2, 1210, Vienna, Austria
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- Bio-inspired Materials Group: Functionality & Self-assembly, Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, IPREM UMR 5254, 64000, Pau, France.,Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratories, Uppsala University, Box 523, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden.,Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IRIG, 17 Rue des Martyrs, 38054, Grenoble Cedex, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratories, Uppsala University, Box 523, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden.,Molecular Materials and Nanosystems, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR CNRS 8229, Collège de France-CNRS-Sorbonne Université, PSL Research University, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Inorganic Materials Chemistry (CMI), University of Namur, 61 rue de Bruxelles, 5000, Namur, Belgium.,State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China
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- Bio-inspired Materials Group: Functionality & Self-assembly, Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, IPREM UMR 5254, 64000, Pau, France
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Brazzolotto D, Nédellec Y, Philouze C, Holzinger M, Thomas F, Le Goff A. Functionalizing Carbon Nanotubes with Bis(2,9-dialkyl-1,10-phenanthroline)copper(II) Complexes for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:14997-15006. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, DCM, 38000 Grenoble, France
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Grammatico D, Bagnall AJ, Riccardi L, Fontecave M, Su BL, Billlon L. Heterogenised molecular catalysts for sustainable electrochemical CO2 reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202206399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Domenico Grammatico
- University of Namur: Universite de Namur Chemistry-CMI 61 rue de Bruxelles 5000 Namur BELGIUM
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- Uppsala University: Uppsala Universitet Ångström Laboratories SWEDEN
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- Eindhoven University of Technology: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Institute for Complex Molecular Systems NETHERLANDS
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- University of Namur: Universite de Namur Chemistry 61 rue de Bruxelles 5000 Namur BELGIUM
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- Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour: Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour Physical Chemistry FRANCE
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Siritanaratkul B, Forster M, Greenwell F, Sharma PK, Yu EH, Cowan AJ. Zero-Gap Bipolar Membrane Electrolyzer for Carbon Dioxide Reduction Using Acid-Tolerant Molecular Electrocatalysts. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:7551-7556. [PMID: 35451834 PMCID: PMC9074102 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c13024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The scaling-up of electrochemical CO2 reduction requires circumventing the CO2 loss as carbonates under alkaline conditions. Zero-gap cell configurations with a reverse-bias bipolar membrane (BPM) represent a possible solution, but the catalyst layer in direct contact with the acidic environment of a BPM usually leads to H2 evolution dominating. Here we show that using acid-tolerant Ni molecular electrocatalysts selective (>60%) CO2 reduction can be achieved in a zero-gap BPM device using a pure water and CO2 feed. At a higher current density (100 mA cm-2), CO selectivity decreases, but was still >30%, due to reversible product inhibition. This study demonstrates the importance of developing acid-tolerant catalysts for use in large-scale CO2 reduction devices.
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- Bhavin Siritanaratkul
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy and the Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, United Kingdom
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy and the Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, United Kingdom
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy and the Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy and the Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, United Kingdom
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Dürr R, Maltoni P, Tian H, Jousselme B, Hammarström L, Edvinsson T. From NiMoO 4 to γ-NiOOH: Detecting the Active Catalyst Phase by Time Resolved in Situ and Operando Raman Spectroscopy. ACS NANO 2021; 15:13504-13515. [PMID: 34383485 PMCID: PMC8388116 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c04126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Water electrolysis powered by renewable energies is a promising technology to produce sustainable fossil free fuels. The development and evaluation of effective catalysts are here imperative; however, due to the inclusion of elements with different redox properties and reactivity, these materials undergo dynamical changes and phase transformations during the reaction conditions. NiMoO4 is currently investigated among other metal oxides as a promising noble metal free catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction. Here we show that at applied bias, NiMoO4·H2O transforms into γ-NiOOH. Time resolved operando Raman spectroscopy is utilized to follow the potential dependent phase transformation and is collaborated with elemental analysis of the electrolyte, confirming that molybdenum leaches out from the as-synthesized NiMoO4·H2O. Molybdenum leaching increases the surface coverage of exposed nickel sites, and this in combination with the formation of γ-NiOOH enlarges the amount of active sites of the catalyst, leading to high current densities. Additionally, we discovered different NiMoO4 nanostructures, nanoflowers, and nanorods, for which the relative ratio can be influenced by the heating ramp during the synthesis. With selective molybdenum etching we were able to assign the varying X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern as well as Raman vibrations unambiguously to the two nanostructures, which were revealed to exhibit different stabilities in alkaline media by time-resolved in situ and operando Raman spectroscopy. We advocate that a similar approach can beneficially be applied to many other catalysts, unveiling their structural integrity, characterize the dynamic surface reformulation, and resolve any ambiguities in interpretations of the active catalyst phase.
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- Robin
N. Dürr
- Department
of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 523, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Solid State Physics, Ångström
Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 35, 751 03 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 523, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Université
Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, NIMBE, LICSEN, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department
of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 523, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Solid State Physics, Ångström
Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 35, 751 03 Uppsala, Sweden
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Lelong E, Suh JM, Kim G, Esteban-Gómez D, Cordier M, Lim MH, Delgado R, Royal G, Platas-Iglesias C, Bernard H, Tripier R. Complexation of C-Functionalized Cyclams with Copper(II) and Zinc(II): Similarities and Changes When Compared to Parent Cyclam Analogues. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:10857-10872. [PMID: 34286969 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Herein, we report a comprehensive coordination study of the previously reported ligands cyclam, CB-cyclam, TMC, DMC, and CB-DMC and of their C-functional analogues, cyclam-E, CB-cyclam-E, TMC-E, DMC-E, and CB-DMC-E. This group of ligands includes cyclam, cross-bridged cyclams, their di- or tetramethylated derivatives, and the analogues bearing an additional hydroxyethyl group on one β-N position of the ring. The Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes of these macrocycles have been highlighted previously for the biological interest, but the details of their structures in the solid state and in solution remained largely unexplored. In particular, we analyzed the impact that adding noncoordinating N-methyl and C-hydroxyethyl functionalities has in the structures of the complexes. All the Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes were synthesized and investigated using single crystal X-ray diffraction and NMR, electronic absorption, and EPR spectroscopies, along with DFT studies. Dissociation kinetics experiments in acidic conditions and electrochemical studies were also performed. Special attention was paid to analyze the different configurations present in solution and in the solid state, as well as the impact of the C-appended hydroxyethyl group on the coordination behavior. Various ratios of the trans-I, trans-III, and cis-V configurations have been observed depending on the degree of N-methylation and the presence of the ethylene cross-bridge.
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- Evan Lelong
- University Brest, UMR CNRS 6521 CEMCA, 6 avenue Victor le Gorgeu, 29238 Brest, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Departamento de Química, Facultade de Ciencias & Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), Universidade da Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
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- University Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes) UMR 6226, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- CNRS, Département de Chimie Moléculaire (UMR5250), Université Grenoble Alpes, F38400 Grenoble, France
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- Departamento de Química, Facultade de Ciencias & Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), Universidade da Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
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- University Brest, UMR CNRS 6521 CEMCA, 6 avenue Victor le Gorgeu, 29238 Brest, France
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- University Brest, UMR CNRS 6521 CEMCA, 6 avenue Victor le Gorgeu, 29238 Brest, France
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