Molecular molybdenum persulfide and related catalysts for generating hydrogen from water
Abstract
New metal persulfido compositions of matter are described. In one embodiment the metal is molybdenum and the metal persulfido complex mimics the structure and function of the triangular active edge site fragments of MoS.sub.2, a material that is the current industry standard for petroleum hydro desulfurization, as well as a promising low-cost alternative to platinum for electrocatalytic hydrogen production. This molecular [(PY5W.sub.2)MoS.sub.2].sup.x+ containing catalyst is capable of generating hydrogen from acidic-buffered water or even seawater at very low overpotentials at a turnover frequency rate in excess of 500 moles H.sub.2 per mole catalyst per second, with a turnover number (over a 20 hour period) of at least 19,000,000 moles H.sub.2 per mole of catalyst.
- Inventors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1248001
- Patent Number(s):
- 9,315,909
- Application Number:
- 13/403,573
- Assignee:
- The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2012 Feb 23
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 08 HYDROGEN; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Citation Formats
Long, Jeffrey R., Chang, Christopher J., Karunadasa, Hemamala I., and Majda, Marcin. Molecular molybdenum persulfide and related catalysts for generating hydrogen from water. United States: N. p., 2016.
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Long, Jeffrey R., Chang, Christopher J., Karunadasa, Hemamala I., & Majda, Marcin. Molecular molybdenum persulfide and related catalysts for generating hydrogen from water. United States.
Long, Jeffrey R., Chang, Christopher J., Karunadasa, Hemamala I., and Majda, Marcin. 2016.
"Molecular molybdenum persulfide and related catalysts for generating hydrogen from water". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1248001.
@article{osti_1248001,
title = {Molecular molybdenum persulfide and related catalysts for generating hydrogen from water},
author = {Long, Jeffrey R. and Chang, Christopher J. and Karunadasa, Hemamala I. and Majda, Marcin},
abstractNote = {New metal persulfido compositions of matter are described. In one embodiment the metal is molybdenum and the metal persulfido complex mimics the structure and function of the triangular active edge site fragments of MoS.sub.2, a material that is the current industry standard for petroleum hydro desulfurization, as well as a promising low-cost alternative to platinum for electrocatalytic hydrogen production. This molecular [(PY5W.sub.2)MoS.sub.2].sup.x+ containing catalyst is capable of generating hydrogen from acidic-buffered water or even seawater at very low overpotentials at a turnover frequency rate in excess of 500 moles H.sub.2 per mole catalyst per second, with a turnover number (over a 20 hour period) of at least 19,000,000 moles H.sub.2 per mole of catalyst.},
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year = {Tue Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
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