Water Photo-oxidation Initiated by Surface-Bound Organic Chromophores

Eberhart, Michael S.; Wang, Degao; Sampaio, Renato N.; Marquard, Seth L.; Shan, Bing; Brennaman, M. Kyle; Meyer, Gerald J.; Dares, Christopher; Meyer, Thomas J.

doi:10.1021/jacs.7b08317

Title: Water Photo-oxidation Initiated by Surface-Bound Organic Chromophores

Journal Article · Thu Oct 12 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b08317· OSTI ID:1469987

^[1]; Wang, Degao ^[1]; Sampaio, Renato N. ^[1]; Marquard, Seth L. ^[1]; Shan, Bing ^[1]; Brennaman, M. Kyle ^[1];

^[1]; Dares, Christopher ^[2];

^[1]

Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
Florida International Univ., Miami, FL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Organic chromophores can be synthesized by established methods and offer an opportunity to expand overall solar spectrum utilization for dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cells. However, there are complications in the use of organic chromophores arising from the instability of their oxidized forms, the inability of their oxidized forms to activate a water oxidation catalyst, or the absence of a sufficiently reducing excited state for electron injection into appropriate semiconductors. Three new triarylamine donor–acceptor organic dyes have been investigated here for visible-light-driven water oxidation. They offer highly oxidizing potentials (>1 V vs NHE in aqueous solution) that are sufficient to drive a water oxidation catalyst and excited-state potentials (~-1.2 V vs NHE) sufficient to inject into TiO₂. The oxidized form of one of the chromophores is sufficiently stable to exhibit reversible electrochemistry in aqueous solution. The chromophores also have favorable photophysics. Visible-light-driven oxygen production by an organic chromophore for up to 1 h of operation has been demonstrated with reasonable faradaic efficiencies for measured O₂ production. The properties of organic chromophores necessary for successfully driving water oxidation in a light-driven system are explored along with strategies for improving device performance.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Solar Fuels (UNC EFRC)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001011

OSTI ID:: 1469987

Journal Information:: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 139, Issue 45; Related Information: UNC partners with University of North Carolina (lead); Duke University; University of Florida; Georgia Institute of Technology; University; North Carolina Central University; Research Triangle Institute; ISSN 0002-7863

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