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Wei C, Li Y, Shen L, Li J, Pang X, Li M. Sequence-Controlled Electrochemical Immobilization of Catalyst-Photosensitizer Oligomers for Tuning Photoelectrochemical Behaviors. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:20791-20796. [PMID: 39297789 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c02995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/02/2024]
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Immobilizing catalysts and photosensitizers on an electrode surface is crucial in interfacial energy conversion. However, their combination for optimizing catalytic performance is an unpredictable challenge. Herein, we report that catalyst and photosensitizer monomers are selectively grafted one-by-one addition onto the electrode surface by interfacial electrosynthesis to achieve composition and sequence-controlled oligomer photoelectrocatalytic monolayers. This electrosynthesis relies on the oxidative coupling reaction of carbazole and the reductive coupling reaction of vinyl on the catalyst and photosensitizer monomers, and it initiates on self-assembled monolayers and propagates with alternating positive and negative potentials. Each addition and completion of the target monomer can be quantitatively identified and monitored by optical and electrical responses and their linear coefficients as a function of reaction steps. The resulting composition and sequence-controlled monolayers exhibit tuning electrocatalytic behaviors including water splitting and CO2 reduction, indicating an efficient way to optimize the electro- and photocatalytic functions and performance of molecular materials.
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- Chang Wei
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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Calvani D, Louwersheimer R, Buda F. Effect of Anchoring Dynamics on Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in the Ru(bda) Coordination Oligomer on a Graphitic Surface. Chempluschem 2024; 89:e202400082. [PMID: 38625893 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202400082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Revised: 04/15/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 04/18/2024]
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The oligomeric ruthenium-based water oxidation catalyst, Ru(bda), is known to be experimentally anchored on graphitic surfaces through CH-π stacking interactions between the auxiliary bda ([2,2'-bipyridine]-6,6'-dicarboxylate) ligand bonded to ruthenium and the hexagonal rings of the surface. This anchoring provides control over their molecular coverage and enables efficient catalysis of water oxidation to dioxygen. The oligomeric nature of the molecule offers multiple anchoring sites at the surface, greatly enhancing the overall stability of the hybrid catalyst-graphitic surface anode through dynamic bonding. However, the impact of this dynamic anchoring on the overall catalytic mechanism is still a topic of debate. In this study, a crucial proton-coupled electron transfer event in the catalytic cycle is investigated using DFT-based molecular dynamics simulations plus metadynamics. The CH-π stacking anchoring plays a critical role not only in stabilizing this hybrid system but also in facilitating the proton-coupled electron transfer event with possible vibronic couplings between the anchoring bonds motion and charge fluctuations at the catalyst - graphitic surface interface. Furthermore, this computational investigation displays the presence of a quartet spin state intermediate that can lead to the experimentally observed and thermodynamically more stable doublet spin state.
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- Dario Calvani
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, PO Box 9502, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, PO Box 9502, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, PO Box 9502, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Barman K, Askarova G, Jia R, Hu G, Mirkin MV. Efficient Voltage-Driven Oxidation of Water and Alcohols by an Organic Molecular Catalyst Directly Attached to a Carbon Electrode. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:5786-5794. [PMID: 36862809 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c12775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/04/2023]
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The integration of heterogeneous electrocatalysis and molecular catalysis is a promising approach to designing new catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and other processes. We recently showed that the electrostatic potential drop across the double layer contributes to the driving force for electron transfer between a dissolved reactant and a molecular catalyst immobilized directly on the electrode surface. Here, we report high current densities and low onset potentials for water oxidation attained using a metal-free voltage-assisted molecular catalyst (TEMPO). Scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) was used to analyze the products and determine faradic efficiencies for the generation of H2O2 and O2. The same catalyst was employed for efficient oxidations of butanol, ethanol, glycerol, and H2O2. DFT calculations show that the applied voltage alters the electrostatic potential drop between TEMPO and the reactant as well as chemical bonding between them, thereby increasing the reaction rate. These results suggest a new route for designing next-generation hybrid molecular/electrocatalysts for OER and alcohol oxidations.
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- Koushik Barman
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Queens College-CUNY, Flushing, New York 11367, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Queens College-CUNY, Flushing, New York 11367, United States.,The Graduate Center of CUNY, New York, New York 10016, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Queens College-CUNY, Flushing, New York 11367, United States.,The Graduate Center of CUNY, New York, New York 10016, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Queens College-CUNY, Flushing, New York 11367, United States.,The Graduate Center of CUNY, New York, New York 10016, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Queens College-CUNY, Flushing, New York 11367, United States.,Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, New York 10031, United States
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Schindler D, Meza‐Chincha A, Roth M, Würthner F. Structure-Activity Relationship for Di- up to Tetranuclear Macrocyclic Ruthenium Catalysts in Homogeneous Water Oxidation. Chemistry 2021; 27:16938-16946. [PMID: 33909302 PMCID: PMC9290496 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202100549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Two di- and tetranuclear Ru(bda) (bda: 2,2'-bipyridine-6,6'-dicarboxylate) macrocyclic complexes were synthesized and their catalytic activities in chemical and photochemical water oxidation investigated in a comparative manner to our previously reported trinuclear congener. Our studies have shown that the catalytic activities of this homologous series of multinuclear Ru(bda) macrocycles in homogeneous water oxidation are dependent on their size, exhibiting highest efficiencies for the largest tetranuclear catalyst. The turnover frequencies (TOFs) have increased from di- to tetranuclear macrocycles not only per catalyst molecule but more importantly also per Ru unit with TOF of 6 s-1 to 8.7 s-1 and 10.5 s-1 in chemical and 0.6 s-1 to 3.3 s-1 and 5.8 s-1 in photochemical water oxidation per Ru unit, respectively. Thus, for the first time, a clear structure-activity relationship could be established for this novel class of macrocyclic water oxidation catalysts.
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- Dorothee Schindler
- Institut für Organische ChemieUniversität WürzburgAm Hubland97074WürzburgGermany
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- Institut für Organische ChemieUniversität WürzburgAm Hubland97074WürzburgGermany
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- Institut für Organische ChemieUniversität WürzburgAm Hubland97074WürzburgGermany
- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry (CNC)Universität WürzburgTheodor-Boveri-Weg97074WürzburgGermany
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Otsuka H, Kobayashi A, Yoshida M, Kato M. Carbazole modification of ruthenium bipyridine-dicarboxylate oxygen evolution molecular catalysts. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:16233-16241. [PMID: 34730158 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt02824c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We synthesized new oxygen-evolving molecular Ru(II) catalysts with one or two carbazole moieties on the axial pyridyl ligands, namely [Ru(bda)(cbz-py)(py)] and [Ru(bda)(cbz-py)2] [C1 and C2; bdaH2 = 2,2'-bipyridyl-6,6'-dicarboxylic acid, py = pyridine, and cbz-py = 9-(pyridin-4-yl)-9H-carbazole] to investigate the effect of cbz modification on the photophysical and catalytic properties of the well-known molecular catalyst [Ru(bda)(py)2] (C0). The initial oxygen-evolving catalytic activities of C1 and C2 were higher than that of C0 in both a chemical reaction driven by the strong oxidant (NH4)2[Ce(NO3)6] (CAN = ceric ammonium nitrate) and photochemical oxidation using a [Ru(bpy)3]2+ (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) photosensitizer with Na2S2O8 as the sacrificial oxidant. The higher activities were ascribed to the electron-withdrawing cbz groups, which promoted the radical coupling reaction to form a RuIV-O-O-RuIV species. A unique oxygen-evolution rate change behaviour was observed for both C1 and C2 in the presence of a large excess of CAN, suggesting the competitive oxidation of the cbz moiety during the chemical oxygen evolution reaction. This work suggests that the cbz modification of an oxygen evolution molecular catalyst is a promising approach for integrating the hole accumulator near the oxygen evolution catalytic centre.
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- Hiroki Otsuka
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, North-10 West-8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, North-10 West-8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, North-10 West-8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, North-10 West-8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan. .,Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Kwansei Gakuin University, 2-1 Gakuen, Sanda, Hyogo 669-1337, Japan
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Kuttassery F, Kumagai H, Kamata R, Ebato Y, Higashi M, Suzuki H, Abe R, Ishitani O. Supramolecular photocatalysts fixed on the inside of the polypyrrole layer in dye sensitized molecular photocathodes: application to photocatalytic CO 2 reduction coupled with water oxidation. Chem Sci 2021; 12:13216-13232. [PMID: 34745553 PMCID: PMC8513877 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc03756k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The development of systems for photocatalytic CO2 reduction with water as a reductant and solar light as an energy source is one of the most important milestones on the way to artificial photosynthesis. Although such reduction can be performed using dye-sensitized molecular photocathodes comprising metal complexes as redox photosensitizers and catalyst units fixed on a p-type semiconductor electrode, the performance of the corresponding photoelectrochemical cells remains low, e.g., their highest incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) equals 1.2%. Herein, we report a novel dye-sensitized molecular photocathode for photocatalytic CO2 reduction in water featuring a polypyrrole layer, [Ru(diimine)3]2+ as a redox photosensitizer unit, and Ru(diimine)(CO)2Cl2 as the catalyst unit and reveal that the incorporation of the polypyrrole network significantly improves reactivity and durability relative to those of previously reported dye-sensitized molecular photocathodes. The irradiation of the novel photocathode with visible light under low applied bias stably induces the photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO and HCOOH with high faradaic efficiency and selectivity (even in aqueous solution), and the highest IPCE is determined as 4.7%. The novel photocathode is coupled with n-type semiconductor photoanodes (CoO x /BiVO4 and RhO x /TaON) to construct full cells that photocatalytically reduce CO2 using water as the reductant upon visible light irradiation as the only energy input at zero bias. The artificial Z-scheme photoelectrochemical cell with the dye-sensitized molecular photocathode achieves the highest energy conversion efficiency of 8.3 × 10-2% under the irradiation of both electrodes with visible light, while a solar to chemical conversion efficiency of 4.2 × 10-2% is achieved for a tandem-type cell using a solar light simulator (AM 1.5, 100 mW cm-2).
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- Fazalurahman Kuttassery
- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology 2-12-1-NE-1, O-okayama Meguro-ku Tokyo 152-8550 Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku Sendai Miyagi 980-8577 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology 2-12-1-NE-1, O-okayama Meguro-ku Tokyo 152-8550 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology 2-12-1-NE-1, O-okayama Meguro-ku Tokyo 152-8550 Japan
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- The OCU Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology, Osaka City University 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka City Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University Katsura, Nishikyo-ku Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University Katsura, Nishikyo-ku Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology 2-12-1-NE-1, O-okayama Meguro-ku Tokyo 152-8550 Japan
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Gil-Sepulcre M, Lindner JO, Schindler D, Velasco L, Moonshiram D, Rüdiger O, DeBeer S, Stepanenko V, Solano E, Würthner F, Llobet A. Surface-Promoted Evolution of Ru-bda Coordination Oligomers Boosts the Efficiency of Water Oxidation Molecular Anodes. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:11651-11661. [PMID: 34293261 PMCID: PMC8343522 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c04738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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A new Ru oligomer of formula {[RuII(bda-κ-N2O2)(4,4'-bpy)]10(4,4'-bpy)}, 10 (bda is [2,2'-bipyridine]-6,6'-dicarboxylate and 4,4'-bpy is 4,4'-bipyridine), was synthesized and thoroughly characterized with spectroscopic, X-ray, and electrochemical techniques. This oligomer exhibits strong affinity for graphitic materials through CH-π interactions and thus easily anchors on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNT), generating the molecular hybrid material 10@CNT. The latter acts as a water oxidation catalyst and converts to a new species, 10'(H2O)2@CNT, during the electrochemical oxygen evolution process involving solvation and ligand reorganization facilitated by the interactions of molecular Ru catalyst and the surface. This heterogeneous system has been shown to be a powerful and robust molecular hybrid anode for electrocatalytic water oxidation into molecular oxygen, achieving current densities in the range of 200 mA/cm2 at pH 7 under an applied potential of 1.45 V vs NHE. The remarkable long-term stability of this hybrid material during turnover is rationalized based on the supramolecular interaction of the catalyst with the graphitic surface.
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- Marcos Gil-Sepulcre
- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ). Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Avenida Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Theodor-Boveri-Weg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Calle Faraday 9, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Calle Faraday 9, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstraße 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstraße 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Theodor-Boveri-Weg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.,Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- NCD-SWEET beamline, ALBA synchrotron light source, Carrer de la Llum, 2, 26, 08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Theodor-Boveri-Weg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.,Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ). Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Avenida Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.,Departament de Quimica, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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Tsang C, Lee LYS, Cheung K, Chan P, Wong W, Wong K. Unexpected Promotional Effects of Alkyl‐Tailed Ligands and Anions on the Electrochemical Generation of Ruthenium(IV)‐Oxo Complexes. ChemElectroChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202100364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Chui‐Shan Tsang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery and Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom, Kowloon Hong Kong SAR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery and Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom, Kowloon Hong Kong SAR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery and Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom, Kowloon Hong Kong SAR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery and Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom, Kowloon Hong Kong SAR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery and Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom, Kowloon Hong Kong SAR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery and Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom, Kowloon Hong Kong SAR China
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Iwami H, Okamura M, Kondo M, Masaoka S. Electrochemical Polymerization Provides a Function-Integrated System for Water Oxidation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:5965-5969. [PMID: 33258167 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202015174] [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: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
Water oxidation is a key reaction in natural and artificial photosynthesis. In nature, the reaction is efficiently catalyzed by a metal-complex-based catalyst surrounded by hole-transporting amino acid residues. However, in artificial systems, there is no example of a water oxidation system that has a catalytic center surrounded by hole transporters. Herein, we present a facile strategy to integrate catalytic centers and hole transporters in one system. Electrochemical polymerization of a metal-complex-based precursor afforded a polymer-based material (Poly-1). Poly-1 exhibited excellent hole-transporting ability and catalyzed water oxidation with high performance. It was also revealed that the catalytic activity was almost completely suppressed in the absence of the hole-transporting moieties. The present study provides a novel strategy for constructing efficient molecule-based systems for water oxidation.
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- Hikaru Iwami
- Division of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.,Department of Life and Coordination-Complex Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan.,Department of Structural Molecular Sciences, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Shonan village, Hayama, Kanagawa, 240-0193, Japan
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- Department of Life and Coordination-Complex Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.,JST, PRESTO, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, 332-0012, Japan.,Innovative Catalysis Science Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (OTRI), Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.,Innovative Catalysis Science Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (OTRI), Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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Iwami H, Okamura M, Kondo M, Masaoka S. Electrochemical Polymerization Provides a Function‐Integrated System for Water Oxidation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202015174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Hikaru Iwami
- Division of Applied Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
- Department of Life and Coordination-Complex Molecular Science Institute for Molecular Science (IMS) 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji Okazaki Aichi 444-8787 Japan
- Department of Structural Molecular Sciences SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Shonan village Hayama Kanagawa 240-0193 Japan
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- Department of Life and Coordination-Complex Molecular Science Institute for Molecular Science (IMS) 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji Okazaki Aichi 444-8787 Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
- JST PRESTO 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi 332-0012 Japan
- Innovative Catalysis Science Division Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (OTRI) Osaka University, Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
- Innovative Catalysis Science Division Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (OTRI) Osaka University, Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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Chen G, Fan T, Liu B, Xue M, Wei JJ, Kang SR, Tong HX, Yi XY. A Ru diphosphonato complex with a metal-metal bond for water oxidation. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:2018-2022. [PMID: 33554978 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt04150e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Unlike [Ru2(μ-O2CCH3)4], the structurally analogous water-soluble RuII,III2 diphosphonato complex K3[Ru2(hedp)2(H2O)2] (K3·1) is only involved in stoichiometric water oxidation with a maximum 67% O2 yield under CAN/HNO3 solution (pH 1.0) for 2.5 h. The water oxidation mechanism and intermediate products were ascertained by UV-vis, ESI-MS and DFT calculation.
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- Guo Chen
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Efficient and Clean Utilization of Manganese Resources, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510641, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Efficient and Clean Utilization of Manganese Resources, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Efficient and Clean Utilization of Manganese Resources, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Efficient and Clean Utilization of Manganese Resources, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Efficient and Clean Utilization of Manganese Resources, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410114, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Efficient and Clean Utilization of Manganese Resources, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, P. R. China.
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Zhang L, Mathew S, Hessels J, Reek JNH, Yu F. Homogeneous Catalysts Based on First-Row Transition-Metals for Electrochemical Water Oxidation. CHEMSUSCHEM 2021; 14:234-250. [PMID: 32991076 PMCID: PMC7820963 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202001876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Revised: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Strategies that enable the renewable production of storable fuels (i. e. hydrogen or hydrocarbons) through electrocatalysis continue to generate interest in the scientific community. Of central importance to this pursuit is obtaining the requisite chemical (H+ ) and electronic (e- ) inputs for fuel-forming reduction reactions, which can be met sustainably by water oxidation catalysis. Further possibility exists to couple these redox transformations to renewable energy sources (i. e. solar), thus creating a carbon neutral solution for long-term energy storage. Nature uses a Mn-Ca cluster for water oxidation catalysis via multiple proton-coupled electron-transfers (PCETs) with a photogenerated bias to perform this process with TOF 100∼300 s-1 . Synthetic molecular catalysts that efficiently perform this conversion commonly utilize rare metals (e. g., Ru, Ir), whose low abundance are associated to higher costs and scalability limitations. Inspired by nature's use of 1st row transition metal (TM) complexes for water oxidation catalysts (WOCs), attempts to use these abundant metals have been intensively explored but met with limited success. The smaller atomic size of 1st row TM ions lowers its ability to accommodate the oxidative equivalents required in the 4e- /4H+ water oxidation catalysis process, unlike noble metal catalysts that perform single-site electrocatalysis at lower overpotentials (η). Overcoming the limitations of 1st row TMs requires developing molecular catalysts that exploit biomimetic phenomena - multiple-metal redox-cooperativity, PCET and second-sphere interactions - to lower the overpotential, preorganize substrates and maintain stability. Thus, the ultimate goal of developing efficient, robust and scalable WOCs remains a challenge. This Review provides a summary of previous research works highlighting 1st row TM-based homogeneous WOCs, catalytic mechanisms, followed by strategies for catalytic activity improvements, before closing with a future outlook for this field.
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- Lu‐Hua Zhang
- School of Chemical Engineering and TechnologyHebei University of TechnologyTianjin300130P. R. China
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- van't Hoff Institute for Molecular SciencesUniversiteit van AmsterdamScience Park 9041098 XHAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- van't Hoff Institute for Molecular SciencesUniversiteit van AmsterdamScience Park 9041098 XHAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- van't Hoff Institute for Molecular SciencesUniversiteit van AmsterdamScience Park 9041098 XHAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- School of Chemical Engineering and TechnologyHebei University of TechnologyTianjin300130P. R. China
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Kranz C, Wächtler M. Characterizing photocatalysts for water splitting: from atoms to bulk and from slow to ultrafast processes. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:1407-1437. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00526f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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This review provides a comprehensive overview on characterisation techniques for light-driven redox-catalysts highlighting spectroscopic, microscopic, electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical approaches.
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- Christine Kranz
- Ulm University
- Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
- 89081 Ulm
- Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
- Department Functional Interfaces
- 07745 Jena
- Germany
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
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Rajabi S, Ebrahimi F, Lole G, Odrobina J, Dechert S, Jooss C, Meyer F. Water Oxidizing Diruthenium Electrocatalysts Immobilized on Carbon Nanotubes: Effects of the Number and Positioning of Pyrene Anchors. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Sheida Rajabi
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstraße 4, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for Materials Physics, University of Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for Materials Physics, University of Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstraße 4, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstraße 4, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for Materials Physics, University of Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
- International Center for Advanced Studies of Energy Conversion (ICASEC), University of Göttingen, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstraße 4, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
- International Center for Advanced Studies of Energy Conversion (ICASEC), University of Göttingen, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Ortiz-Rodríguez JC, Santana JA, Méndez-Hernández DD. Linear correlation models for the redox potential of organic molecules in aqueous solutions. J Mol Model 2020; 26:70. [PMID: 32146589 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-020-4331-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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In this study, we use the molecular orbital energy approximation (MOEA) and the energy difference approximation (EDA) to build linear correlation models for the redox potentials of 53 organic compounds in aqueous solutions. The molecules evaluated include nitroxides, phenols, and amines. Both the MOEA and EDA methods yield similar correlation models, however, the MOEA method is less computationally expensive. Correlation coefficients (R2) below 0.3 and mean absolute errors above 0.25 V were found for correlation models built without solvent effects. When explicit water molecules and a continuum solvent model are added to the calculations, correlation coefficients close to 0.8 are reached, and mean absolute errors below 0.18 V are obtained. The incorporation of solvent effects is necessary for good correlation models, particularly for redox processes of charged molecules in aqueous solutions. A comparison of the correlation models from different methodologies is provided. Graphical abstract.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, Cayey, PR, 00736, USA
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Zhang B, Sun L. Artificial photosynthesis: opportunities and challenges of molecular catalysts. Chem Soc Rev 2019; 48:2216-2264. [PMID: 30895997 DOI: 10.1039/c8cs00897c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 413] [Impact Index Per Article: 82.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Molecular catalysis plays an essential role in both natural and artificial photosynthesis (AP). However, the field of molecular catalysis for AP has gradually declined in recent years because of doubt about the long-term stability of molecular-catalyst-based devices. This review summarizes the development history of molecular-catalyst-based AP, including the fundamentals of AP, molecular catalysts for water oxidation, proton reduction and CO2 reduction, and molecular-catalyst-based AP devices, and it provides an analysis of the advantages, challenges, and stability of molecular catalysts. With this review, we aim to highlight the following points: (i) an investigation on molecular catalysis is one of the most promising ways to obtain atom-efficient catalysts with outstanding intrinsic activities; (ii) effective heterogenization of molecular catalysts is currently the primary challenge for the application of molecular catalysis in AP devices; (iii) development of molecular catalysts is a promising way to solve the problems of catalysis involved in practical solar fuel production. In molecular-catalysis-based AP, much has been attained, but more challenges remain with regard to long-term stability and heterogenization techniques.
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- Biaobiao Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 10044 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Zhang B, Sun L. Ru-bda: Unique Molecular Water-Oxidation Catalysts with Distortion Induced Open Site and Negatively Charged Ligands. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:5565-5580. [PMID: 30889353 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b12862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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A water-oxidation catalyst with high intrinsic activity is the foundation for developing any type of water-splitting device. To celebrate its 10 years anniversary, in this Perspective we focus on the state-of-the-art molecular water-oxidation catalysts (MWOCs), the Ru-bda series (bda = 2,2'-bipyridine-6,6'-dicarboxylate), to offer strategies for the design and synthesis of more advanced MWOCs. The O-O bond formation mechanisms, derivatives, applications, and reasons behind the outstanding catalytic activities of Ru-bda catalysts are summarized and discussed. The excellent performance of the Ru-bda catalyst is owing to its unique structural features: the distortion induced 7-coordination and the carboxylate ligands with coordination flexibility, proton-transfer function as well as small steric hindrance. Inspired by the Ru-bda catalysts, we emphasize that the introduction of negatively charged groups, such as the carboxylate group, into ligands is an effective strategy to lower the onset potential of MWOCs. Moreover, distortion of the regular configuration of a transition metal complex by ligand design to generate a wide open site as the catalytic site for binding the substrate as an extra-coordination is proposed as a new concept for the design of efficient molecular catalysts. These inspirations can be expected to play a great role in not only water-oxidation catalysis but also other small molecule activation and conversion reactions involving artificial photosynthesis, such as CO2 reduction and N2 fixation reactions.
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- Biaobiao Zhang
- Department of Chemistry , KTH Royal Institute of Technology , 10044 Stockholm , Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry , KTH Royal Institute of Technology , 10044 Stockholm , Sweden.,State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Institute of Artificial Photosynthesis, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Center on Molecular Devices, Dalian University of Technology (DUT) , 116024 Dalian , China
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Yang J, An J, Tong L, Long B, Fan T, Duan L. Sulfur Coordination Effects on the Stability and Activity of a Ruthenium-Based Water Oxidation Catalyst. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:3137-3144. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b03199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Jing Yang
- Department of Chemistry and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SE-75123, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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Li H, Song X, Shi Y, Gao Y, Si D, Hao C. Role of water oxidation in the photoreduction of graphene oxide. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:1837-1840. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cc08427k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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By means of a H218O labeling experiment in combination with mass spectrometry tracking, we studied GO photoreduction.
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- Hongjiang Li
- Department State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- School of Chemistry
- Dalian, University of Technology
- Dalian
- P. R. China
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- Department State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- School of Chemistry
- Dalian, University of Technology
- Dalian
- P. R. China
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- Department State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- School of Chemistry
- Dalian, University of Technology
- Dalian
- P. R. China
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- Department State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- School of Chemistry
- Dalian, University of Technology
- Dalian
- P. R. China
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- Department State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- School of Chemistry
- Dalian, University of Technology
- Dalian
- P. R. China
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- Department State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- School of Chemistry
- Dalian, University of Technology
- Dalian
- P. R. China
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Yang T, Yin H, Gao LH, Wang KZ, Yan D. Recent advances in electrodes modified with ruthenium complexes for electrochemical and photoelectrochemical water oxidation. ADVANCES IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.adioch.2019.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Zhang J, Du J, Wang J, Wang Y, Wei C, Li M. Vertical Step‐Growth Polymerization Driven by Electrochemical Stimuli from an Electrode. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201809567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Jian Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and ChemistryChangchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC) Changchun 130022 China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and ChemistryChangchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC) Changchun 130022 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and ChemistryChangchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC) Changchun 130022 China
- University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and ChemistryChangchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC) Changchun 130022 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and ChemistryChangchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC) Changchun 130022 China
- University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and ChemistryChangchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC) Changchun 130022 China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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Zhang J, Du J, Wang J, Wang Y, Wei C, Li M. Vertical Step‐Growth Polymerization Driven by Electrochemical Stimuli from an Electrode. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:16698-16702. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201809567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Jian Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and ChemistryChangchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC) Changchun 130022 China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and ChemistryChangchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC) Changchun 130022 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and ChemistryChangchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC) Changchun 130022 China
- University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and ChemistryChangchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC) Changchun 130022 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and ChemistryChangchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC) Changchun 130022 China
- University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and ChemistryChangchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC) Changchun 130022 China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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Bhunia A, Johnson BA, Czapla-Masztafiak J, Sá J, Ott S. Formal water oxidation turnover frequencies from MIL-101(Cr) anchored Ru(bda) depend on oxidant concentration. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:7770-7773. [PMID: 29926035 PMCID: PMC6040278 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc02300j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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[Ru(bda)(L)2] incorporated into the MIL-101(Cr) metal–organic framework catalyzes water oxidation faster than a homogenous reference, with the number of active catalysts depending on oxidant concentration.
The molecular water oxidation catalyst [Ru(bda)(L)2] has been incorporated into pyridine-decorated MIL-101(Cr) metal–organic frameworks. The resulting MIL-101@Ru materials exhibit turnover frequencies (TOFs) up to ten times higher compared to the homogenous reference. An unusual dependence of the formal TOFs on oxidant concentration is observed that ultimately arises from differing amounts of catalysts in the MOF crystals being active.
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- Asamanjoy Bhunia
- Department of Chemistry -Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 523, Uppsala 75120, Sweden.
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Ibanez JG, Rincón ME, Gutierrez-Granados S, Chahma M, Jaramillo-Quintero OA, Frontana-Uribe BA. Conducting Polymers in the Fields of Energy, Environmental Remediation, and Chemical–Chiral Sensors. Chem Rev 2018; 118:4731-4816. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 264] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Jorge G. Ibanez
- Departamento de Ingeniería y Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Iberoamericana, Prolongación Paseo de la Reforma 880, 01219 Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Instituto de Energías Renovables, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 34, 62580, Temixco, MOR, Mexico
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- Departamento de Química, DCNyE, Campus Guanajuato, Universidad de Guanajuato, Cerro de la Venada S/N, Pueblito
de Rocha, 36080 Guanajuato, GTO Mexico
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- Laurentian University, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Sudbury, ON P3E2C6, Canada
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- CONACYT-Instituto de Energías Renovables, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 34, 62580 Temixco, MOR, Mexico
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- Centro Conjunto de Investigación en Química Sustentable, UAEM-UNAM, Km 14.5 Carretera Toluca-Ixtlahuaca, Toluca 50200, Estado de México Mexico
- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito
exterior Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Ciudad de México, Mexico
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Sarma R, Sloan MJ, Miller AF. Flavin-sensitized electrode system for oxygen evolution using photo-electrocatalysis. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 52:8834-7. [PMID: 27346375 DOI: 10.1039/c6cc01479h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Fabrication of bio-electrode systems decorated with redox active biomolecules, flavins, is demonstrated. Exploiting the photochemistry and electrochemistry of flavins, we explored the photo-electrochemical activity of flavin-functionalized electrode systems to assess their potential utility for sustainable energy production. As model systems, lumiflavin and flavin adenine dinucleotide were immobilized on carbon electrodes by dropcasting and covalent grafting techniques. Activity of these bio-electrodes towards generation of O2 from H2O in 0.5 M potassium phosphate buffer at pH 7.1 was demonstrated. Irradiation of the electrode system with visible light led to increased activity of the electrodes with a 3-fold enhancement of oxidation of H2O.
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- Rupam Sarma
- Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
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Odrobina J, Scholz J, Risch M, Dechert S, Jooss C, Meyer F. Chasing the Achilles’ Heel in Hybrid Systems of Diruthenium Water Oxidation Catalysts Anchored on Indium Tin Oxide: The Stability of the Anchor. ACS Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b01883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Jann Odrobina
- University of Goettingen, Institute of Inorganic
Chemistry, Tammannstraße
4, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- University of Goettingen, Institute of Materials
Physics, Friedrich-Hund-Platz
1, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- University of Goettingen, Institute of Materials
Physics, Friedrich-Hund-Platz
1, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- University of Goettingen, Institute of Inorganic
Chemistry, Tammannstraße
4, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- University of Goettingen, Institute of Materials
Physics, Friedrich-Hund-Platz
1, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
- University of Goettingen, International Center
for Advanced Studies of Energy Conversion (ICASEC), D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- University of Goettingen, Institute of Inorganic
Chemistry, Tammannstraße
4, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
- University of Goettingen, International Center
for Advanced Studies of Energy Conversion (ICASEC), D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Wang L, Fan K, Chen H, Daniel Q, Philippe B, Rensmo H, Sun L. Towards efficient and robust anodes for water splitting: Immobilization of Ru catalysts on carbon electrode and hematite by in situ polymerization. Catal Today 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2016.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Rosser TE, Reisner E. Understanding Immobilized Molecular Catalysts for Fuel-Forming Reactions through UV/Vis Spectroelectrochemistry. ACS Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b00326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Timothy E. Rosser
- Christian Doppler Laboratory
for Sustainable SynGas Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory
for Sustainable SynGas Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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Bullock RM, Das AK, Appel AM. Surface Immobilization of Molecular Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion. Chemistry 2017; 23:7626-7641. [PMID: 28178367 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201605066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2016] [Revised: 01/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Electrocatalysts are critically important for a secure energy future, as they facilitate the conversion between electrical and chemical energy. Molecular catalysts offer precise control of structure that enables understanding of structure-reactivity relationships, which can be difficult to achieve with heterogeneous catalysts. Molecular electrocatalysts can be immobilized on surfaces by covalent bonds or through non-covalent interactions. Advantages of surface immobilization include the need for less catalyst, avoidance of bimolecular decomposition pathways, and easier determination of catalyst lifetime. This Minireview highlights surface immobilization of molecular electrocatalysts for reduction of O2 , oxidation of H2 O, production of H2 , and reduction of CO2 .
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- R Morris Bullock
- Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
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- Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
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- Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
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Odrobina J, Scholz J, Pannwitz A, Francàs L, Dechert S, Llobet A, Jooss C, Meyer F. Backbone Immobilization of the Bis(bipyridyl)pyrazolate Diruthenium Catalyst for Electrochemical Water Oxidation. ACS Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b02860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Jann Odrobina
- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Georg-August-University, Tammannstraße 4, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute
for Materials Physics, Georg-August-University, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Georg-August-University, Tammannstraße 4, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Chemical
Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Av. Països
Catalans 16, E-43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Georg-August-University, Tammannstraße 4, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Chemical
Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Av. Països
Catalans 16, E-43007 Tarragona, Spain
- Departament
de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08460 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute
for Materials Physics, Georg-August-University, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
- International
Center for Advanced Studies of Energy Conversion (ICASEC), Georg-August-University, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Georg-August-University, Tammannstraße 4, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
- International
Center for Advanced Studies of Energy Conversion (ICASEC), Georg-August-University, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Li TT, Qian J, Zhou Q, Lin JL, Zheng YQ. A pyrene-modified cobalt salophen complex immobilized on multiwalled carbon nanotubes acting as a precursor for efficient electrocatalytic water oxidation. Dalton Trans 2017; 46:13020-13026. [DOI: 10.1039/c7dt03033a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Highly efficient electrocatalytic water oxidation with an immobilized pyrene-modified cobalt salophen complex: molecular catalysis or heterogeneous catalysis?
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- Ting-Ting Li
- Research Center of Applied Solid State Chemistry
- Chemistry Institute for Synthesis and Green Application
- Ningbo University
- Ningbo
- PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering
- Wenzhou University
- Wenzhou
- P. R. China
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- Research Center of Applied Solid State Chemistry
- Chemistry Institute for Synthesis and Green Application
- Ningbo University
- Ningbo
- PR China
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- Research Center of Applied Solid State Chemistry
- Chemistry Institute for Synthesis and Green Application
- Ningbo University
- Ningbo
- PR China
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- Research Center of Applied Solid State Chemistry
- Chemistry Institute for Synthesis and Green Application
- Ningbo University
- Ningbo
- PR China
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Liu X, Inagaki S, Gong J. Heterogene molekulare Systeme für eine photokatalytische CO2-Reduktion mit Wasseroxidation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201600395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Xiao Liu
- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology; Tianjin University; Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering; Tianjin 300072 China
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- Toyota Central R&D Laboratories, Inc.; Nagakute Aichi 480-1192 Japan
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology; Tianjin University; Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering; Tianjin 300072 China
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Liu X, Inagaki S, Gong J. Heterogeneous Molecular Systems for Photocatalytic CO2Reduction with Water Oxidation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:14924-14950. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201600395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Xiao Liu
- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology; Tianjin University; Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering; Tianjin 300072 China
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- Toyota Central R&D Laboratories, Inc.; Nagakute Aichi 480-1192 Japan
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology; Tianjin University; Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering; Tianjin 300072 China
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Chen BT, Morlanés N, Adogla E, Takanabe K, Rodionov VO. An Efficient and Stable Hydrophobic Molecular Cobalt Catalyst for Water Electro-oxidation at Neutral pH. ACS Catal 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b01237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Ba-Tian Chen
- KAUST
Catalysis Center and Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- KAUST
Catalysis Center and Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631
Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- KAUST
Catalysis Center and Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- KAUST
Catalysis Center and Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Sheridan MV, Sherman BD, Wee KR, Marquard SL, Gold AS, Meyer TJ. Nonaqueous electrocatalytic water oxidation by a surface-bound Ru(bda)(L)2 complex. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:6324-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c6dt00408c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Electrocatalytic water oxidation by a heterogeneous Ru(bda) catalyst is enhanced in a non-aqueous environment relative to water as the solvent.
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- Matthew V. Sheridan
- Department of Chemistry
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill
- USA
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Najafpour MM, Hosseini SM. An efficient and inexpensive water-oxidizing manganese-based oxide electrode. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:16948-16954. [DOI: 10.1039/c6dt02292h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A cheap and very simple method to synthesize an efficient water-oxidizing manganese-based oxide coated fluorine doped tin oxide electrode was reported.
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- Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour
- Department of Chemistry
- Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS)
- Zanjan
- Iran
- Center of Climate Change and Global Warming
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