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Kong J, Qin H, Yang L, Zhang J, Peng Y, Gao Y, Wu Y, Nam W, Cao R. Covalent Tethering of Cobalt Porphyrins on Phenolic Resins for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions. Chemphyschem 2024; 25:e202400017. [PMID: 38319009 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202400017] [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: 01/07/2024] [Revised: 02/04/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
Abstract
Using functionalized supporting materials for the immobilization of molecular catalysts is an appealing strategy to improve the efficiency of molecular electrocatalysis. Herein, we report the covalent tethering of cobalt porphyrins on phenolic resins (PR) for improved electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER). A cobalt porphyrin bearing an alkyl bromide substituent was covalently tethered on phenolic resins, through the substitution reaction of alkyl bromides with phenolic hydroxyl groups, to afford molecule-engineered phenolic resins (Co-PR). The resulted Co-PR was efficient for electrocatalytic ORR and OER by displaying an ORR half-wave potential of E1/2=0.78 V versus RHE and an OER overpotential of 420 mV to get 10 mA/cm2 current density. We propose that the many residual phenolic hydroxyl groups on PR will surround the tethered Co porphyrin and play critical roles in facilitating proton and electron transfers. Importantly, Co-PR outperformed unmodified PR and PR loaded with Co porphyrins through simple physical adsorption (termed Co@PR). The zinc-air battery assembled using Co-PR displayed a performance comparable to that using Pt/C+Ir/C. This work is significant to present phenolic resins as a functionalized material to support molecular electrocatalysts and demonstrate the strategy to improve molecular electrocatalysis with the use of phenolic resin residues.
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- Jiafan Kong
- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China
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- Beihang School, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China
- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China
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Samala NR, Friedman A, Elbaz L, Grinberg I. Identification of a Durability Descriptor for Molecular Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:481-489. [PMID: 38190330 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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The development of durable platinum-group-metal-free oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts is a key research direction for enabling the wide use of fuel cells. Here, we use a combination of experimental measurements and density functional theory calculations to study the activity and durability of seven iron-based metallophthalocyanine (MPc) ORR catalysts that differ only in the identity of the substituent groups on the MPcs. While the MPcs show similar ORR activity, their durabilities as measured by the current decay half-life differ greatly. We find that the energy difference between the hydrogenated intermediate structure and the final demetalated structure (ΔEdemetalation) of the MPcs is linearly related to the degradation reaction barrier energy. Comparison to the degradation data for the previously studied metallocorrole systems suggested that ΔEdemetalation also serves as a descriptor for the corrole systems and that the high availability of protons at the active site due to the COOH group of the o-corrole decreases the durability.
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- Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
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Yang Y, Lin J, Li X, Chen Z, Lin Y, Xu M, Li W. High power density output and durability of microbial fuel cells enabled by dispersed cobalt nanoparticles on nitrogen-doped carbon as the cathode electrocatalyst. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:25205-25213. [PMID: 37724059 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp02582a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
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To endow microbial fuel cells (MFCs) with low cost, long-term stability and high-power output, a novel cobalt-based cathode electrocatalyst (Nano-Co@NC) is synthesized from a polygonal metal-organic framework ZIF-67. After calcining the resultant ZIF-67, the as-synthesized Nano-Co@NC is characteristic of cobalt nanoparticles (Nano-Co) embedded in nitrogen-doped carbon (NC) that inherits the morphology of ZIF-67 with a large surface area. The Nano-Co particles that are highly dispersed and firmly fixed on NC not only ensure electrocatalytic activity of Nano-Co@NC toward the oxygen reduction reaction on the cathode, but also inhibit the growth of non-electrogenic bacteria on the anode. Consequently, the MFC using Nano-Co@NC as the cathode electrocatalyst demonstrates excellent performance, delivering a comparable initial power density and exhibiting far better durability than that using Pt/C (20 wt%) as the cathode electrocatalyst. The low cost and the excellent performance of Nano-Co@NC make it promising for MFCs to be used in practice.
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- Yuxian Yang
- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
- National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of MPTES in High Energy and Safety LIBs, Engineering Research Center of MTEES (Ministry of Education), and Key Lab. of ETESPG(GHEI), South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
- National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of MPTES in High Energy and Safety LIBs, Engineering Research Center of MTEES (Ministry of Education), and Key Lab. of ETESPG(GHEI), South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, Guangzhou, China
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