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Bagnall A, Eliasson N, Hansson S, Chavarot-Kerlidou M, Artero V, Tian H, Hammarström L. Ultrafast Electron Transfer from CuInS 2 Quantum Dots to a Molecular Catalyst for Hydrogen Production: Challenging Diffusion Limitations. ACS Catal 2024; 14:4186-4201. [PMID: 38510668 PMCID: PMC10949191 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c06216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 02/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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Systems integrating quantum dots with molecular catalysts are attracting ever more attention, primarily owing to their tunability and notable photocatalytic activity in the context of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). CuInS2 (CIS) quantum dots (QDs) are effective photoreductants, having relatively high-energy conduction bands, but their electronic structure and defect states often lead to poor performance, prompting many researchers to employ them with a core-shell structure. Molecular cobalt HER catalysts, on the other hand, often suffer from poor stability. Here, we have combined CIS QDs, surface-passivated with l-cysteine and iodide from a water-based synthesis, with two tetraazamacrocyclic cobalt complexes to realize systems which demonstrate high turnover numbers for the HER (up to >8000 per catalyst), using ascorbate as the sacrificial electron donor at pH = 4.5. Photoluminescence intensity and lifetime quenching data indicated a large degree of binding of the catalysts to the QDs, even with only ca. 1 μM each of QDs and catalysts, linked to an entirely static quenching mechanism. The data was fitted with a Poissonian distribution of catalyst molecules over the QDs, from which the concentration of QDs could be evaluated. No important difference in either quenching or photocatalysis was observed between catalysts with and without the carboxylate as a potential anchoring group. Femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy confirmed ultrafast interfacial electron transfer from the QDs and the formation of the singly reduced catalyst (CoII state) for both complexes, with an average electron transfer rate constant of ≈ (10 ps)-1. These favorable results confirm that the core tetraazamacrocyclic cobalt complex is remarkably stable under photocatalytic conditions and that CIS QDs without inorganic shell structures for passivation can act as effective photosensitizers, while their smaller size makes them suitable for application in the sensitization of, inter alia, mesoporous electrodes.
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- Andrew
J. Bagnall
- Department
of Chemistry-Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
- Univ.
Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IRIG, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie
des Métaux, 17
rue des Martyrs, F-38054 Grenoble, Cedex, France
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- Department
of Chemistry-Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry-Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Univ.
Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IRIG, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie
des Métaux, 17
rue des Martyrs, F-38054 Grenoble, Cedex, France
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- Univ.
Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IRIG, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie
des Métaux, 17
rue des Martyrs, F-38054 Grenoble, Cedex, France
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- Department
of Chemistry-Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry-Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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Montgomery CL, Amtawong J, Jordan AM, Kurtz DA, Dempsey JL. Proton transfer kinetics of transition metal hydride complexes and implications for fuel-forming reactions. Chem Soc Rev 2023; 52:7137-7169. [PMID: 37750006 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00355h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
Abstract
Proton transfer reactions involving transition metal hydride complexes are prevalent in a number of catalytic fuel-forming reactions, where the proton transfer kinetics to or from the metal center can have significant impacts on the efficiency, selectivity, and stability associated with the catalytic cycle. This review correlates the often slow proton transfer rate constants of transition metal hydride complexes to their electronic and structural descriptors and provides perspective on how to exploit these parameters to control proton transfer kinetics to and from the metal center. A toolbox of techniques for experimental determination of proton transfer rate constants is discussed, and case studies where proton transfer rate constant determination informs fuel-forming reactions are highlighted. Opportunities for extending proton transfer kinetic measurements to additional systems are presented, and the importance of synergizing the thermodynamics and kinetics of proton transfer involving transition metal hydride complexes is emphasized.
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- Charlotte L Montgomery
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-3290, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-3290, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-3290, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-3290, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-3290, USA.
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Lucarini F, Fize J, Morozan A, Droghetti F, Solari E, Scopelliti R, Marazzi M, Natali M, Pastore M, Artero V, Ruggi A. Electro- and photochemical H 2 generation by Co(ii) polypyridyl-based catalysts bearing ortho-substituted pyridines. SUSTAINABLE ENERGY & FUELS 2023; 7:3384-3394. [PMID: 37441238 PMCID: PMC10334870 DOI: 10.1039/d3se00295k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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Cobalt(ii) complexes featuring hexadentate amino-pyridyl ligands have been recently discovered as highly active catalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER), whose high performance arises from the possibility of assisting proton transfer processes via intramolecular routes involving detached pyridine units. With the aim of gaining insights into such catalytic routes, three new proton reduction catalysts based on amino-polypyridyl ligands are reported, focusing on substitution of the pyridine ortho-position. Specifically, a carboxylate (C2) and two hydroxyl substituted pyridyl moieties (C3, C4) are introduced with the aim of promoting intramolecular proton transfer which possibly enhances the efficiency of the catalysts. Foot-of-the-wave and catalytic Tafel plot analyses have been utilized to benchmark the catalytic performances under electrochemical conditions in acetonitrile using trifluoroacetic acid as the proton source. In this respect, the cobalt complex C3 turns out to be the fastest catalyst in the series, with a maximum turnover frequency (TOF) of 1.6 (±0.5) × 105 s-1, but at the expense of large overpotentials. Mechanistic investigations by means of Density Functional Theory (DFT) suggest a typical ECEC mechanism (i.e. a sequence of reduction - E - and protonation - C - events) for all the catalysts, as previously envisioned for the parent unsubstituted complex C1. Interestingly, in the case of complex C2, the catalytic route is triggered by initial protonation of the carboxylate group resulting in a less common (C)ECEC mechanism. The pivotal role of the hexadentate chelating ligand in providing internal proton relays to assist hydrogen elimination is further confirmed within this novel class of molecular catalysts, thus highlighting the relevance of a flexible polypyridine ligand in the design of efficient cobalt complexes for the HER. Photochemical studies in aqueous solution using [Ru(bpy)3]2+ (where bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) as the sensitizer and ascorbate as the sacrificial electron donor support the superior performance of C3.
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IRIG, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux 17 rue des Martyrs 38000 Grenoble France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IRIG, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux 17 rue des Martyrs 38000 Grenoble France
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- Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche Farmaceutiche ed Agrarie (DOCPAS) Via L. Borsari 46 44121 Ferrara Italy
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimique, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimique, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Universidad de Alcalá, Departamento de Química Analítica, Química Física e Ingeniería Química, Grupo de Reactividad y Estructura Molecular (RESMOL) Alcalá de Henares Madrid Spain
- Universidad de Alcalá, Instituto de Investigación Química ''Andrés M. del Río'' (IQAR) Alcalá de Henares Madrid Spain
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- Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche Farmaceutiche ed Agrarie (DOCPAS) Via L. Borsari 46 44121 Ferrara Italy
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- Université de Lorraine & CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Théoriques (LPCT) F-54000 Nancy France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IRIG, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux 17 rue des Martyrs 38000 Grenoble France
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- Université de Fribourg Ch. du Musée 9 1700 Fribourg Switzerland
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Raj M, Padhi SK. Electrocatalytic proton reduction by dinuclear cobalt complexes in a nonaqueous electrolyte. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj06003a] [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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Two dinuclear CoII complexes 1 and 2 have been synthesized and characterized using various spectroscopic methods. Both the complexes were employed for H+ reduction in organic media. Faradaic efficiency of 82–90% was obtained for the H2 evolution.
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- Manaswini Raj
- Artificial Photosynthesis Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, 826004, India
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- Artificial Photosynthesis Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, 826004, India
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